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[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 1457 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
H. RES. 1457

   Strongly condemning Vice President Kamala Harris for championing 
antilaw enforcement policies and, as a result, encouraging lawlessness 
                          across the country.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 17, 2024

 Mr. Arrington (for himself, Mr. Reschenthaler, Mr. Meuser, Mr. Self, 
 Mr. Norman, Mr. Biggs, Mr. Ogles, Mr. Crenshaw, Mr. Buchanan, and Mr. 
   Webster of Florida) submitted the following resolution; which was 
               referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                               RESOLUTION

 
   Strongly condemning Vice President Kamala Harris for championing 
antilaw enforcement policies and, as a result, encouraging lawlessness 
                          across the country.

Whereas then-Senator from California Kamala Harris said, ``to believe that by 
        putting more police on the street, you're going to have more safety--
        that's just wrong'';
Whereas then-Senator from California Kamala Harris said, ``I know what a crime 
        looks like. I will tell you: an undocumented immigrant is not a 
        criminal'';
Whereas then-Senator from California and Presidential candidate Kamala Harris 
        publicly supported repealing section 275 of the Immigration and 
        Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1325), to decriminalize illegal immigration;
Whereas Vice President Kamala Harris, acting as ``Border Czar'', implemented 
        open-border policies that have resulted in an exponential increase in 
        crime, fentanyl poisoning, and criminal aliens perpetrating violent acts 
        against innocent Americans;
Whereas then-Senator from California Kamala Harris compared U.S. Immigration and 
        Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers to members of the Ku Klux Klan;
Whereas Vice President Kamala Harris, acting as President of the Senate, 
        delivered the tiebreaking vote to appoint Rachael Rollins to serve as 
        the United States Attorney for Massachusetts, who, while District 
        Attorney of Suffolk County, Massachusetts, published a list of 15 crimes 
        ``for which the default is to decline prosecuting'', including 
        shoplifting, breaking and entering, malicious destruction of property, 
        resisting arrest, and drug possession with intent to distribute;
Whereas then-Senator from California Kamala Harris publicly promoted the 
        ``Minnesota Freedom Fund'', to pay bail and expedite the release of 
        individuals arrested for alleged crimes including rioting, sexual 
        assault, domestic violence, assault of a police officer, and murder;
Whereas an individual, who was released from jail after bail was paid by the 
        Minnesota Freedom Fund, murdered another individual 3 weeks later;
Whereas then-Senator from California Kamala Harris proposed a procriminal 
        justice reform plan to end cash bail and eliminate mandatory minimum 
        sentencing;
Whereas, in June 2020, then-Senator from California Kamala Harris publicly 
        praised Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti for his proposed budget cut of 
        $150,000,000 to the Los Angeles Police Department;
Whereas, during the height of the 2020 criminal riots experienced across the 
        United States, then-Senator from California Kamala Harris' soft-on-crime 
        policies and antilaw enforcement rhetoric emboldened criminal riots 
        across the country, resulting in billions in property damage, hundreds 
        of police injured and hospitalized, and leaving at least 25 Americans 
        dead, including law enforcement officers in the line of duty;
Whereas widespread criminal activity and prominent leaders advocating to 
        ``defund the police'' caused a massive nationwide increase in law 
        enforcement retirements (up 45 percent) and resignations (up 18 percent) 
        between April 2020 and April 2021; and
Whereas the violent crime rates in the top 70 major United States cities for 
        homicide, rape, robbery, and aggravated assault increased by over 250 
        percent since 2020 according to statistics compiled by the Major Cities 
        Chiefs Association: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the House of Representatives--
            (1) denounces past legislation of Vice President Kamala 
        Harris aimed at keeping criminals on the streets; and
            (2) condemns the policies and rhetoric by Vice President 
        Kamala Harris that enable criminal behavior, promote 
        lawlessness over the safety and security of the United States 
        people, and financially support violent criminals.
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