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Whereas Vice President Kamala Harris, acting as ‘‘Border 
Czar’’, implemented open-border policies that have re-
sulted in an exponential increase in crime, fentanyl poi-
soning, and criminal aliens perpetrating violent acts 
against innocent Americans; 
Whereas then-Senator from California Kamala Harris com-
pared 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 Suf-
folk County, Massachusetts, published a list of 15 crimes 
‘‘for which the default is to decline prosecuting’’, includ-
ing shoplifting, breaking and entering, malicious destruc-
tion of property, resisting arrest, and drug possession 
with intent to distribute; 
Whereas then-Senator from California Kamala Harris pub-
licly 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 an-
other individual 3 weeks later; 
Whereas then-Senator from California Kamala Harris pro-
posed 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 experi-
enced across the United States, then-Senator from Cali-
fornia Kamala Harris’ soft-on-crime policies and antilaw 
enforcement rhetoric emboldened criminal riots across the 
country, resulting in billions in property damage, hun-
dreds of police injured and hospitalized, and leaving at 
least 25 Americans dead, including law enforcement offi-
cers in the line of duty; 
Whereas widespread criminal activity and prominent leaders 
advocating to ‘‘defund the police’’ caused a massive na-
tionwide 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 accord-
ing to statistics compiled by the Major Cities Chiefs As-
sociation: 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 be-
havior, promote lawlessness over the safety and se-
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curity of the United States people, and financially 
support violent criminals. 
Æ 
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