00:00Thank you, Representative Timmons. My name is Brad Knott. I'm from North Carolina and before my time in Congress just a short while ago, I was a federal prosecutor. I investigated violent criminals. I investigated cartels. I investigated human traffickers wherever they were all over this country. And it became very clear to me when I was working with law enforcement that if you don't fight crime, if you don't attack it, if you don't work hard for long sentences, crime will flourish.
00:30And that's exactly what we've seen here in Washington, D.C. for the last couple of years. And from my time as a federal prosecutor, I know some of the federal agents who have been called to serve in Washington as part of the president's initiative.
00:43And since their arrival, I have been astounded as I have stayed in touch with them at the amount of contraband, the number of dangerous people, whether it's drugs, whether it's gangs, whether it's illegal firearms, whether it's human trafficking, whether it's South American cartels, you name it.
01:02And it is right here in Washington, D.C.
01:06The soft on crime policies of the Democrats has unfortunately allowed crime to spiral out of control, whether in D.C.
01:19or elsewhere around the country.
01:22Unfortunately, we are seeing the Democratic Party and the far left portions of this country protect the criminals rather than backing law enforcement.
01:29We've seen city after city spiral out of control and decay right in front of our eyes, including Washington, D.C.
01:38I applaud the president for saying the simple truth.
01:43It does not have to be this way.
01:45It does not have to be this way.
01:49And regardless of who you are, when you come to Washington, it's a safe city now.
01:54Businesses are thankful.
01:56Families are thankful.
01:58Citizens, tourists, we are all thankful.
02:01It's time to stop turning a blind eye for crime wherever it is.
02:05Wherever it is, we must investigate, we must prosecute, and we must protect the law-abiding citizens of this country.
02:14And with that, I turn it over to Representative Laurel Lee.
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