Political Quotes

“I am going to turn this over to Senator Hagerty and my other colleagues here in a minute, but I just, one, want to recognize Senator Hagerty from Tennessee for doing something that needed to be done. The Congressional Review Act allows us, as a body, to look at certain enactments coming from the DC--District of Columbia--City Council for our approval. I am just going to go through the highlights here, but tomorrow, we will be voting on Senator Hagerty's proposal to disapprove legislation that was passed regarding revising the DC criminal code. And Senator Hagerty has done a good service for the people of the District of Columbia and, I think, for the body and the Nation as a whole. So what are we talking about? This is numbers for the District of Columbia, your Nation's Capital: Total DC crime has increased 25 percent from 2022 to 2023 as of March 3. Carjackings are up 111 percent, have increased for the fifth straight year. Homicides are up 40 percent, and DC has already reached 38 homicides. The average homicide suspect has been arrested 11 times before committing a homicide. Sexual assaults are up 123 percent. Property crimes are up 32 percent. There have been 393 robberies in DC during the last 2 months. According to the Metropolitan Police Department, there are 430 fewer officers than they had in 2019. It is the lowest number of officers since the 1970s.…”