III 

117TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. RES. 636 

Urging the development of a strategy to counter the rise in violent crime 

across the United States. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MAY 16, 2022 

Mr. CASSIDY (for himself, Mr. GRASSLEY, Mr. BARRASSO, Mrs. BLACKBURN, 

Mr. BOOZMAN, Mr. BRAUN, Mrs. CAPITO, Mr. CORNYN, Mr. COTTON, 

Mr. CRAMER, Mr. CRAPO, Mr. CRUZ, Mr. DAINES, Ms. ERNST, Mrs. 

FISCHER, Mr. HAGERTY, Mr. HOEVEN, Mrs. HYDE-SMITH, Mr. INHOFE, 

Mr. JOHNSON, Mr. KENNEDY, Mr. LANKFORD, Ms. LUMMIS, Mr. MARSHALL, Mr. PORTMAN, Mr. RISCH, Mr. ROMNEY, Mr. ROUNDS, Mr. 

RUBIO, Mr. SASSE, Mr. SCOTT of Florida, Mr. SCOTT of South Carolina, 

Mr. SULLIVAN, Mr. TILLIS, Mr. WICKER, and Mr. YOUNG) submitted the 

following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 

RESOLUTION 

Urging the development of a strategy to counter the rise 

in violent crime across the United States. 

Whereas rising crime, especially violent crime, in the United 

States poses a threat to the national interest, as well as 

to the safety and security of individuals, communities, 

businesses, law enforcement officers, and the rule of law; 

Whereas, for the purposes of the Uniform Crime Reporting 

Program of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, violent 

crimes consist of offenses that involve force or the threat 

of force, namely— 


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(1) murder and non-negligent manslaughter; 

(2) forcible rape; 

(3) robbery; and 

(4) aggravated assault; 

Whereas violent crimes are occurring every day in major cities across the United States in part due to progressive 

prosecutors declining to charge violent offenders and certain bail reform policies allowing dangerous criminals 

back into society; 

Whereas released offenders go on to commit more violent 

crimes and inflict more terror and death on other individuals in the United States; 

Whereas rising violent crime destroys families and should be 

combated by criminal justice systems that prosecute the 

offenders as offenders, and not as victims; 

Whereas the murder rate in the United States rose 30 percent between 2019 and 2020, the largest single-year increase in more than a century; 

Whereas there was a 59 percent increase in murders of police 

officers in 2021; 

Whereas, as of April 1, 2022, 101 police officers had been 

shot this year, 17 of whom were killed by gunfire; 

Whereas at least 16 cities in the United States set murder 

records in 2021; 

Whereas organized retail crime threats in 2020 cost retailers 

an average of $720,000 for every $1,000,000,000 in 

sales, and 69 percent of retailers surveyed in 2021 had 

seen an increase in organized retail crime in 2021; 

Whereas organized retail crime threatens the safety of retail 

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uals use weapons other than guns, such as mace chemical 

spray and Taser stun guns, to rob and assault hardworking retail employees; 

Whereas rising violent crime in the United States can be directly correlated to a surge in illegal immigration at the 

southern border of the United States and a surge in the 

sale, distribution, and consumption of illegal drugs; 

Whereas, in December 2021, 178,840 illegal immigrants were 

apprehended attempting to cross the United States-Mexico border, the highest total for December in the history 

of the Department of Homeland Security, and a 142 percent increase from December 2020; 

Whereas more than 2,500,000 illegal immigrants have been 

caught attempting to cross the United States-Mexico border since January 2021, with more apprehended in the 

3-month period from November 2021 through January 

2022 than in all of fiscal year 2020; 

Whereas 461 pounds of fentanyl were seized at the southern 

border in December 2021 alone, enough to kill more than 

30 percent of the United States population; 

Whereas drug cartels have overburdened Border Patrol resources by surging illegal immigrants into strategic locations so that the cartels can traffic narcotics and other 

contraband into the United States undetected; 

Whereas violent crimes related to illegal immigration and the 

illegal drug trade must stop for the sake of the sovereignty of the United States and the safety of the people 

of the United States; 

Whereas, with overdose deaths at an all-time high, every 

State is a border State, as the flow of illegal drugs from 


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the United States-Mexico border puts all States at risk 

regardless of proximity to the border; 

Whereas securing the southern border and ensuring the safety of citizens of the United States is one of the most important responsibilities of the Federal Government; 

Whereas the current Administration’s alleged violent crime 

reduction strategy is actually a gun control strategy and 

wrongly puts lawful gun owners and dealers at the center 

of enforcement efforts instead of focusing on the criminals perpetuating violence, insecurity, and fear across the 

United States; 

Whereas the same gun violence reduction strategy unfairly 

puts the blame for gun violence in major, Democrat-run 

cities and States on neighboring States with lower crime 

rates; and 

Whereas violent crimes can only be combated if the Department of Justice, the Department of Homeland Security, 

other law enforcement agencies, and the private sector 

work together: Now, therefore, be it 

1 Resolved, That it is the sense of the Senate that the 

2 President should work with Congress to develop and exe3 cute a strategy, drawing on the multiple instruments of 

4 power and resources of the United States— 

5 (1) to counter the rise in violent crime across 

6 the country by reinforcing strong criminal justice 

7 policies, by laying blame on the perpetrators of vio8 lent acts, and by securing the southern border; and 

9 (2) to coordinate with Federal, State, and local 

10 agencies and authorities to— 


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1 (A) implement the strategy; and 

2 (B) exhort all those agencies and authori3 ties to strengthen their approaches to combat 

4 the violent crime epidemic within the country. 

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