IV 

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. 

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 

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; 


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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 


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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 

1 Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 

2 (1) denounces past legislation of Vice President 

3 Kamala Harris aimed at keeping criminals on the 

4 streets; and 

5 (2) condemns the policies and rhetoric by Vice 

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1 curity of the United States people, and financially 

2 support violent criminals. 

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