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Members of the Republican Study Committee hold a press briefing to promote President Trump's crackdown on crime in Washington, D.C.
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00:00Good afternoon. Thank you all for being here. The RSC Article 1 Task Force is
00:08leading efforts to restore Congress's constitutional authority as the
00:12legislative branch responsible for passing laws in this country. One of
00:17Congress's authorities is the constitutional responsibility for
00:21overseeing the governance of the District of Columbia. For years now, the
00:25DC City Council has not only prioritized left-wing policies and programs, but
00:31intentionally sought to hide their activities from Congress. It is a new day
00:35in DC, however, and Congress intends to once again assert its authority to ensure
00:41that Washington DC rightfully reflects and represents this great nation on the
00:46national and international stage. President Trump's unyielding leadership and
00:51strength, coupled with proper congressional oversight, ensures that Washington DC will
00:56reclaim its rightful place as the shining symbol of American strength and dignity.
01:02Article 1 Section 8 Clause 17 of the Constitution states that the seat of
01:07government doctrine grants Congress plenary legislative authority over the
01:13District of Columbia as the federal capital. The Founding Fathers wanted the
01:18nation's capital to be free from disproportionate influence of any single
01:22state and the influence of states generally. In 1973, Congress granted DC
01:28limited home rule authority through the District of Columbia Self-Government
01:33Reorganization Act, also called the Home Rule Act. In the Home Rule Act, Congress
01:38reserves the right at any time to exercise its constitutional authority as
01:43legislature for the District, which it includes the right to review and block
01:48local legislation before it takes effect. It has now become necessary for
01:53Congress to exercise such authority. Why? Because the DC City Council is seeking to
01:59exercise its authority not for the best interests of its citizens or the broader
02:04community, but for political purposes. Today, the Political City Council is using
02:10special legislation not for emergencies, but in response to the Trump
02:14administration's effort to bring law and order to DC and to circumvent Congress's
02:19authority. For example, in March, the City Council enacted a temporary law
02:25codifying Chevron deference in DC in the city courts in an effort to avoid the
02:31effects of the United States Supreme Court's decision in Loper Bright. I filed HR 3766 to
02:38repeal the special law and prohibit such future laws. Another example, one month
02:44after President Trump signed his EO, making the District of Columbia safe and
02:50beautiful, the City Council implemented a temporary law to amend the open meeting
02:55requirements to allow it to meet in secret. The City Councilman during the
03:00hearing indicated that they wanted to meet in secret in response to congressional and
03:05presidential oversight of their failed city policies. In response, Senator Lee and I
03:10introduced two bills, one to exercise congressional disapproval and block this
03:15law, and also one to create an expedited period of congressional review over
03:21special legislation. Section 740, the emergency control of police in the DC Home Rule Act,
03:29grants the President of the United States the ability to mobilize the
03:33Metropolitan Police Force when it's determined that special conditions of an
03:38emergency nature exist for federal purposes for a period not to exceed 30
03:43days unless further extended by Congress. President Trump has lawfully
03:48exercised this law. On August 11th, the Trump President Trump issued a
03:53memorandum directing the Secretary of Defense to mobilize the DC National Guard.
03:58While governors control their state guards, the DC mayor does not control the DC
04:03Guard, which is under the control of the President. DC has seen major improvements
04:09in the incidents of crime in the last three weeks with the help of federal
04:13intervention. Homicide rates are down by 38 percent, robbery is down by 62 percent,
04:19the total violent crime is down 45 percent, and carjackings are down 78 percent. Other governors
04:26and mayors should look at these improvements and welcome support from the government to
04:31keep their citizens safe. It is up to the governor of each state to decide if
04:36deployment of their National Guard is needed to help decrease violence and
04:40prioritize safety. It is important to note that ICE and other federal law
04:44enforcement has jurisdiction over illegal alien crimes everywhere in this country, and
04:50those governors and mayors do not have the legal right to declare their
04:54jurisdictions to be sanctuaries from federal law. I'm Harriet Hageman. I represent
05:00the great state of Wyoming. I am the chairman of the Article One Task Force, and I now
05:05turn it over to Chairman Pflueger of the RSC.
05:09Well, I want to start by thanking Congresswoman Harriet Hageman, who is the
05:17chairwoman of the Article One Task Force, and she's doing a great job. And we're
05:21surrounded, as well, by my colleagues who come from a variety of states but come
05:26here to do the right thing. And unfortunately, we're having to turn our
05:30attention in Congress on doing what the District of Columbia, its mayor, and their
05:36leadership should have done long ago, and that's to keep this city safe.
05:41For too long, we have watched liberal activists like those right there parading as
05:46politicians to turn our nation's capital into a crime-infested embarrassment. D.C.
05:52became one of America's most dangerous cities because of failed soft-on-crime
05:55policies that devastated innocent families while coddling the very
06:00criminals terrorizing our states. And it made our capital unsafe for residents, for
06:05visitors, for members of Congress, and unfortunately even for our interns and our
06:10staff. President Trump has rightfully exercised his authority to restore law and
06:16order here over the last few weeks. And what a tremendous job our federal law
06:20enforcement officers have done for this city. This is what happens when you have
06:25leadership that actually cares about public safety. This is what happens when
06:30you have a president and a Congress who are focused on restoring law and order to
06:34this great country. Thank the good Lord that we have President Trump back in 1600
06:38Pennsylvania Avenue. Now Congress must take the next step and use our Article One
06:44powers. We cannot and will not allow D.C. to fall into a hellscape again. When the
06:49local government fails, it's our constitutional duty to act. Congress has a
06:54clear constitutional authority over D.C. and we will use it without hesitation to
06:58continue making D.C. safe and great again. Criminals should never feel more at home
07:04here in this city than the law-abiding residents and visitors and leaders from all
07:10over the country and in fact all over the world who come to visit this city. The days of letting
07:14the left's failed policies destroy great American cities is over. And again, I want
07:19to thank my colleagues for their hard work, especially that of Harriet Hageman on the
07:23Article One Task Force. I now turn it over to my good friend from South Carolina, Mr. William
07:27Timmons. Thank you. Good afternoon. I got back here on Sunday and I got to tell you,
07:34the difference is truly incredible. I've been working for the last six and a half years to try
07:38to keep this city what I know it can be, to work with the mayor, the city council, the
07:43chief of police, to help people that need help. Thousands of homeless people in our
07:48nation's capital has just ripped me apart. It is so sad to see people suffering. We need
07:54to help these people. And it's even more sad to see the people victimized by violent crime,
07:59whether they're killed, carjacked. I've seen members of Congress that have been mugged.
08:03We've had staff that have been killed. Enough is enough. Enough is enough. President Trump
08:10has saved our nation's capital. I've said for the last six and a half years that a nation's
08:15capital in decline represents a nation in decline. We are not in decline. There's a new day
08:21in this country and there's a new day for American leadership in the world. And our capital
08:25needs to show that. So thousands of homeless people that put up tents all over this city are
08:32now getting help that they need. They're getting food. They're getting showers. They're getting
08:36mental health counseling. They're getting drug counseling. And guess what? The criminals know
08:39for the first time in decades that if they commit a crime, there will be consequences. Walking
08:45around yesterday all over the city and seeing our soldiers from all over the country here keeping us
08:52safe. And guess what? They haven't had to do much in terms of law enforcement. They haven't
08:57had to protect anybody because deterrent threats matter. And having soldiers that are walking around,
09:05criminals know that they're going to be caught. They're going to be held accountable. And they
09:09know that this president is not going to let them out tomorrow. That's what we need. That's what we
09:14have needed for so long. And I couldn't be more excited for the Washington, D.C. that I see today.
09:21And Congress has a huge role to play in this. We must pass laws to further appropriate funds to
09:27beautify the city, to make every American proud of this city, to make sure that every American can
09:34come here and not be worried about being mugged. For the last six and a half years, I have told
09:38people that this is not a safe place and you should not walk around at night. That makes me so unhappy
09:44when I have to do that. Not anymore. Not anymore. I am so excited that President Trump has taken these
09:51steps and Congress must now act. We're going to pass a number of additional laws to make sure that we
09:55never find ourselves in this situation again. And we're going to give not only the funding they have
10:00asked for, we're going to give them much more than the funding they asked for to make this city
10:04exactly what it should be. It should represent the greatest country in the history of human civilization
10:09and people should be safe and very excited to come here. That's what we're going to do.
10:14I thank Harriet Hageman for her leadership and August Pflueger for his. It's a new day in this city.
10:20It's a new day in our country. It's a new day for leadership in the world. And we're going to do
10:24everything we can to help President Trump keep us on the right track. And with that,
10:28I turn it over to Representative Brad Knott. Thank you.
10:30Thank you, Representative Timmons. My name is Brad Knott. I'm from North Carolina. And before my time in
10:37Congress, just a short while ago, I was a federal prosecutor. I investigated violent criminals. I
10:43investigated cartels. I investigated human traffickers wherever they were all over this country.
10:49And it became very clear to me when I was working with law enforcement that if you don't fight crime,
10:54if you don't attack it, if you don't work hard for long sentences, crime will flourish. And that's
11:01exactly what we've seen here in Washington, D.C. for the last couple of years. And from my time as a
11:07federal prosecutor, I know some of the federal agents who have been called to serve in Washington
11:12as part of the president's initiative. And since their arrival, I have been astounded as I have
11:18stayed in touch with them at the amount of contraband, the number of dangerous people,
11:24whether it's drugs, whether it's gangs, whether it's illegal firearms, whether it's human trafficking,
11:30whether it's South American cartels, you name it, it is right here in Washington, D.C.
11:36The soft on crime policies of the Democrats has unfortunately allowed
11:44crime to spiral out of control, whether in D.C. or elsewhere around the country.
11:52Unfortunately, we are seeing the Democratic Party and the far left portions of this country protect the
11:57criminals rather than backing law enforcement. We've seen city after city spiral out of control
12:04and decay right in front of our eyes, including Washington, D.C. I applaud the president for saying
12:12the simple truth. It does not have to be this way. It does not have to be this way.
12:20And regardless of who you are, when you come to Washington,
12:23it's a safe city now. Businesses are thankful. Families are thankful. Citizens, tourists,
12:30we are all thankful. It's time to stop turning a blind eye for crime, wherever it is.
12:36Wherever it is, we must investigate, we must prosecute, and we must protect the law-abiding
12:42citizens of this country. Thank you. And with that, I turn it over to Representative Laurel Lee.
12:47Good afternoon. I'm Laurel Lee from Florida's 15th Congressional District, and I want to thank my
12:57colleagues on the Republican Study Committee for their leadership on this issue, particularly
13:03Representative Hageman and Representative Pflueger. So, Washington, D.C., our capital city,
13:10is the seat of our democracy and a symbol of freedom around the world. But for too long,
13:16it has also been a city that is plagued by violent crime, failed policies and leadership
13:21that refuses to take responsibility for public safety. That is why I am proud to support President
13:28Trump and my colleagues who are here today in our efforts to return order and law to Washington,
13:35D.C. Together, we will advance common-sense proposals to restore order, to put victims first,
13:41to hold violent criminals accountable, and to stop the revolving door of repeat offenders who cycle
13:49back onto the streets. In just the past two weeks since President Trump stepped in, we have already
13:55seen the dramatic difference that decisive action takes. Carjackings are down. Violent crime is trending
14:01down. Federal coordination has strengthened detention and prosecution. And for the first time in a long
14:09while, the people of D.C. are beginning to feel safer in their own neighborhoods. That progress proves a
14:16simple truth. When you enforce the law, when you keep dangerous criminals off the streets, when you
14:23prioritize the safety of families, and when you allow law enforcement officers and prosecutors to do
14:30their jobs, you get results. The American people deserve a capital city that reflects the very best of
14:38this country, not one that turns a blind eye to lawlessness. Republicans are committed to ensuring
14:45that D.C. is safe, secure, and accountable for years to come. And we will not stop until that promise
14:52is fulfilled. And now turn it over to my colleague, Representative Carter, Representative Fedorchak.
15:02Thank you, Laurel. Thank you, Representative Hageman, Pflueger, for your leadership on this really
15:08important issue. I'm Julie Fedorchak. I am a representative from North Dakota, the lone member
15:14from North Dakota. As my colleagues have said, crime in our nation's capital is out of control. If D.C. were
15:22state, it would have the highest homicide rate in the country, and already this year, nearly 1600
15:27violent crimes have been reported. I agree with the people here. D.C. is a beautiful city. It's an
15:34amazing city, and it's the best capital in the world. But it isn't safe. We all know this. In fact,
15:41I felt this myself recently in a small way, but I want to share the story. I was walking down the street
15:49in July near my apartment in Navy Yard, not very far from home. And I felt something hard hit me in the
15:56in the back of my head. It was in broad daylight. I was very startled. I was on the phone at the time.
16:01And just as that happened, a pack of juveniles came rushing by on their bikes. And I turned to look
16:09around and see what had happened. And a large, hard plastic object had been thrown directly at my head.
16:16Now, that was a small, a minor incident. I wasn't harmed. But the young people who did it did it with
16:24reckless abandon and with zero fear of consequences. They gathered in a in a circle not far from me after
16:32that and sat there and laughed. And it's just an example of how crime is out of control in this
16:39city. And there aren't any consequences. America is the greatest country in the world. There's no
16:47reason why our capital should have a violent crime rate higher than some of the most dangerous places
16:53in the world. Just as President Trump restored order at our southern border by enforcing the laws on
16:59the books, he is stepping in now to help make D.C. safe again. Many of our colleagues on the other
17:05side of the aisle have falsely claimed that D.C. crime stats are at a 30-year low. But let's remember
17:13that crime is not just about statistics. It's about people. It's about the mother who sent her child here
17:21to intern in one of our offices this summer never to see him again. It's about all the families who
17:28suffer from crime in this very city. It's about the Metropolitan Police Union who agrees that they're
17:35stretched too thin and don't have the resources to take care of crime in this city and to provide
17:41a safe environment. It's about staffers, interns, families and visitors who live with the daily reality
17:49of coming to the city that isn't safe. That's why I support President Trump's actions to restore law and
17:56order in Washington, D.C. And while continue to stand with my colleagues in demanding real
18:01accountability and real solutions to make this city safe again. Thank you. And I'll turn it back
18:07over to Representative Harriet Hageman for closing remarks.
18:11Do you want to go? Oh, sorry, buddy. I didn't see you over there.
18:14That's okay. That's okay. Thank you very much. I'm Buddy Carter. I have the honor and privilege of
18:18representing the 1st Congressional District of Georgia. And we're here today to talk about
18:22something that Donald Trump promised during the campaign. He promised to make our nation safer and
18:29more prosperous. Now he's already made it more prosperous through the one big beautiful bill
18:34act. Now he's making it safer. He's making it safer by making our streets safer. You know,
18:40our streets need to be safe for all of us, not just not just white people, not just black people.
18:46Everyone needs safe streets. Democrats, Republicans, we all want that. And President Trump has done
18:53that. I've got a piece of legislation. It's called Make Our Streets Safe Again. And what it does to
18:58codify President Trump's executive order about ending chaos and disorder on our streets. It does this in a
19:07number of different ways, not the least of which is that it calls for law enforcement. It also calls for
19:13accountability. And it calls for making sure that we are giving help to those who need it. You know,
19:19during the last quarter of the Biden-Harris administration, there were over 274,000 people
19:27living on our streets. That was because of weak and ineffective leadership. Now we want to end that.
19:33And what this bill will do through codifying President Trump's executive order is to make sure
19:39these people get the help that they need. Make sure that they get the mental health services
19:43that need, the addiction services they need. We're going to do this by making sure that they're
19:49held accountable. Now I've heard the noise. I've heard the noise from the other side about,
19:54oh, you're picking on democratic cities. You know, there was a famous bank robber,
19:57Willie Sutton. They asked him, why do you rob banks? And he said, because that's where the money is.
20:02Why are we picking democratic cities? Because that's where the problem is. That's where the problem is.
20:07That's why we're picking them. Chicago, the highest homicide rate in the country. Look at Washington,
20:13D.C., number four in the country. We've got to end this and we've got to do it for our citizens,
20:18American citizens. You all have the right, your taxpayers, all of us have the right to be able
20:24to enjoy our streets, to be able to walk down the street without fear. Look what has happened here in
20:28Washington, D.C. Earlier this summer, we had two interns who were shot and killed at the Israeli embassy.
20:35We had an intern here at the Capitol who was shot and killed. We had a member of the administration who
20:40was mugged and brutally beaten. That cannot happen on our streets. And I applaud President Trump
20:47for what he is doing here in cleaning up our streets. And I want to help him. I want to help
20:52him by codifying his executive orders, making it into law to where we will have to follow this.
20:58Again, two promises made to make our country safer and more promises and more prosperous. Promises made,
21:06promises kept.
21:14My name is Ron Estes. I'm the Congressman from Kansas 4th Congressional District.
21:19We've talked in here today about we want to have a safe capital for our country. And right now,
21:25that's not what we have. There's the murder rate in Washington, D.C.,
21:30about 27 and a half incidences per 100,000 residents is larger than so many other world
21:38capitals around the world. You can list off other countries, Bogota, Lima, Islamabad, Madrid,
21:44other places around even the United States. The murder rate and the violent crime rate in Washington,
21:50D.C. is so bad. And that's why President Trump stepped up. Because as members of Congress,
21:56we have the responsibility to address and protect and oversee what goes on in the District of Columbia.
22:03We didn't want a nation's capital to be in a state where that state would be a special state
22:09and get special designation because of that. So we wanted to make sure that it was federal
22:13responsibility to make sure that things were addressed there. On June 30th today, or June 30th this
22:20year, an intern in my office, Eric Tarpinian Jackham, was murdered on the streets of Washington, D.C.
22:28It was a senseless crime. And to this day, it's not been solved by the Washington, D.C. police.
22:34We want to make sure that we have a safe capital. That's why I applaud President Trump and the work
22:39that he's doing in terms of making sure that we do have a safe capital. Yesterday, I was able to walk
22:45around the Navy Yard with my daughter. And it was great to see the National Guards out there patrolling
22:53around. It was a safe environment for people to hang out. It was nice. There was a family there
22:57having a birthday party for one of their children. And we want to make sure that we have a capital
23:03that Americans are proud of. It should be a clean capital. It should be a safe capital. We want to be
23:09able to have American citizens come here and enjoy their capital. We want to have foreign dignitaries
23:14come here and be impressed and enjoy the fact that they've come to America and that we have a
23:20nation's capital that we're proud of and we want to support. So I applaud the effort that we're
23:26working to make sure that we have safer cities, that we have a safer capital, and that we reduce
23:31the crime rate that's been so rampant here in Washington, D.C. Thank you. Anyone else?
23:38Okay. Wonderful. Thank you. I appreciate all the comments made by my colleagues.
23:44I think that you can see that we come at this maybe from a little bit different perspective.
23:48At the same time, we all recognize that the beauty and safety of our nation's capital is important
23:54to all of us. So with that, we'd open it up to questions. Please identify.
23:59We're going to take three questions and we'll start with Town Hall.
24:02Hi, I'm Town Hall. D.C.'s leadership has allowed crime and chaos to spiral out of control the last
24:08several years. We've all seen that, requiring President Trump and Congress to step in. So
24:13how will Article 1's authority help hold each bill's leaders accountable and restore law and order in our
24:18nation's capital? So we need to exercise our legislative authority and oversight over Washington, D.C.
24:23I've identified three bills that I have introduced, two with Senator Lee and one as a standalone,
24:29to address the lawlessness that you actually see in the City Council here as well.
24:34I think that all of us working together will be coming up with additional bills to address
24:38specifically the crime situation in our nation's capital. And I know that this is our first day back
24:43after our August recess. We will be discussing what happens after the expiration of the 30-day period
24:49that is allowed for in the Home Rule Act with the President. I know that I will be working with my
24:55colleagues here to determine what the next step is in that regard. But I think that so many people,
24:59from just the antidotes that I have heard, being here as well as reading in a variety of publications,
25:05people feel like they can take their families out on the streets, that they can have picnics,
25:09that they can go and do the things that they have been deprived of for many years, for fear of the
25:13crimes in Washington, D.C. And I think that's an incredible development that we need to build upon.
25:21Hannah Brown from NewsNation. Wondering if you support President Trump sending troops into other
25:25American cities, Chicago, New York, if he doesn't have the approval of mayors and governors there to do so?
25:31Well, I think that that's the challenge, isn't it? And that's why I indicated in my comments
25:35that it's up to the governors and the mayors of those communities as to whether they're going to
25:40protect their citizens or they're going to protect the criminals. We are at a crossroads in our country
25:44right now. And I think that it is imperative that our political leaders step up and actually
25:49recognize that they work for us. They work for the citizens, not the other way around. They shouldn't
25:53be coddling the criminals. They should be protecting their citizens. And they have the ability and the
25:58wherewithal to do that. We have seen with the surge in the last 30 days in Washington, D.C., that law
26:03enforcement on the streets works. We know that. This is common sense. The mayors and the governors
26:08need to step up in places like Chicago, L.A., Atlanta, other places. They need to step up and
26:14they need to start protecting their citizens and not protecting the criminals.
26:17So you're saying the president should wait for them to ask?
26:20I think that it's up to them to make the decision of whether they're going to protect
26:24the criminals or they're going to protect their citizens. I think the burden is on them right now.
26:28I think that you definitely see that, that it resonates with Americans. But I think one of
26:33the things that I see more than anything in the comments that I receive is that common sense
26:38is maybe back in vogue. I think that we all recognize that if you have a police presence
26:43and you actually prosecute criminals, you're going to have less crime. You're going to have less
26:45citizens across the country? Is that something that makes them want to come here during summer
26:50vacation? How did this resonate with Americans? I think that you definitely see that, that it
26:55resonates with Americans. But I think one of the things that I see more than anything in the
26:59comments that I receive is that common sense is maybe back in vogue. I think that we all recognize
27:05that if you have a police presence and you actually prosecute criminals, you're going to
27:09have less crime. You're going to have less people willing to take the risk of either throwing a
27:14projectile at a member of Congress or carjack or engage in other nefarious behavior. So again,
27:22what we're talking about is nothing earth shattering. This is common sense that you police areas where
27:29you have people who are congregating and perhaps engaging in bad acts. So again, I think common
27:36sense is back in vogue. And I think the people in Wyoming, or I know the people in Wyoming,
27:41across the board, not just on the issue of Washington, D.C. and protecting the citizens
27:46here. But I think across the board, we're seeing so many issues being resolved and addressed by the
27:52current president that people are like, well, why did we wait so long? Why has it taken us this long
27:56to actually address the challenges that we have in this country? I think that he's just exposed the
28:02fact that sometimes our political betters are not the brightest lights on the porch in terms of
28:08addressing the issues that need to be addressed. And I'll let my colleagues respond as well.
28:15Recently, the governor of California said he was going to establish a task force on crime. Well,
28:21we've got news for him. There is a task force on crime. It's called laws. It's called prosecutors.
28:27It's called DAs. It's called accountability. The Republican Study Committee has long been the
28:34champion of conservative values. And one of the conservative, probably one of the most important,
28:37if not the most important conservative value that we stand for is law and order.
28:42We stand to protect the sanctity of what our founders established here, that this city would
28:48be that shining beacon on the hill. And it's really sad to see, to a previous question, a lot of these
28:54cities around the country, what are the radical leftists standing for? Is it for crime? Is it for more
29:01violence? Is it for seeing their neighbors and their communities destroyed by lawlessness? That's
29:08not what this group stands for. And I can guarantee you that there are many Democrats that we serve with
29:12here. We need them to stand up. We need their voices to be heard, to say enough is enough. That law and order
29:18and that safety and security and that bringing down violent crime is not a political, but a partisan issue,
29:25that that's just common sense. And I'm proud to stand with this group of people here. And in Texas, I can
29:31tell you that my constituents are thrilled to know that Washington, D.C. is back on the mend
29:38again, that they can finally send their kids up here knowing that their safety and security is going
29:44to be well taken care of, because that has not been the case, unfortunately, for far too long.
29:49Any other responses?
29:50When I was back in Wichita during the district work period, I was speaking to a group and one of the women in the
30:01group asked that they were going to be up in Washington, D.C. in a couple of weeks and wanted to know what they were
30:06going to see different, where they're still going to see, you know, crime on the streets, where they're going to see the
30:11homeless around. And, you know, I reassured her that, you know, the president has put National Guard
30:17troops out in order to patrol the streets to make sure that the streets are safe. And based on being back
30:22here a day, that's what I can attest again when I talk with her, that we have safer streets now
30:29because of having the National Guard helping support and make sure that our laws are enforced and our
30:34citizens are safe. Thank you.
30:39And just to answer real briefly the follow up, it's not just the National Guard who are going to
30:45cities. When federal law enforcement identifies a crisis area, it is not uncommon at all for agents
30:51in the ATF, HSI, DEA, FBI to surge in a particular city. And that's what we've seen in addition to the
30:58National Guard here. It's the federal law enforcement that are initiating the arrests, they're doing the
31:03investigations, that are serving the warrants. And in terms of these cities around the country,
31:08there's several reasons why criminals are or crime is not being addressed. You have defund the police
31:14movements, you have sanctuary policies, you've got prosecutors that don't think they should
31:18prosecute crimes. And the president, again, has stated it does not have to be this way. And he is
31:23rightfully sending federal law enforcement to address federal crimes in cities. I mean, look at Chicago
31:29last weekend. I think it was close to 60 people were shot, almost a dozen people killed. Law enforcement
31:35is not getting it done at the local level. It's an appropriate place for federal law enforcement to
31:40go work with them to address the crime that's harming those citizens.
31:43Chancellor of the Middle East.
31:44All right, that's it. Thank you all. Appreciate it.
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