52 Weeks of Broken Promises
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Mr. BABIN. Madam Speaker, I really appreciate the gentleman from Indiana (Mr. Banks), the chairman of the Republican Study Committee. I thank him so much for having this very important Special Order.
Madam Speaker, this week marks 1 year since Joe Biden became President, and what a lawless year this has been. Never in my entire life would I have dreamed that we would have a President who prioritizes criminals and illegal aliens over law-abiding American citizens. But here we are.
The reckless policies coming out of this White House and the Democratic Party as a whole have put you and your families in grave danger.
It is not hard to see where the left's demonization of law enforcement and the decision to gut police department funding has gotten us. Thanks to the Democrats, we are now in the midst of a crime wave with record-high homicide rates in more than a dozen major cities across this great country of ours. The city of Chicago alone saw at least 800 homicides in 2021, a number that we haven't seen in decades. Bad policies lead to bad consequences. And folks, we are living these in technicolor.
More than 100 of our brave police officers were shot in ambush-style attacks last year. Meanwhile, we have seen violent criminals released into our neighborhoods to commit more violent crimes.
It is happening in my own district in Houston, Texas, in the 36th Congressional District, which had its deadliest year in nearly 40 years. In Harris County, 113 criminals were granted bond after capital murder charges in 2021. Yes, you heard that right: capital murder charges.
Numerous Harris County citizens have been murdered by repeat criminals out on bail, murders which, tragically, could have been avoided. Innocent Americans are being hurt and killed by this foolhardy Democrat policy. But accountability starts at the top. Will this crime wave be just another crisis to go unresolved in 2022, or will this President and his party come back to reality and work with us to stop it?
America is watching.
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