District of Columbia Federal Immigration Compliance Act of 2025

Floor Speech

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Mr. TIMMONS. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in strong support of H.R. 2056, the District of Columbia Federal Immigration Compliance Act.

I have to be honest. I am kind of disappointed in the debate right now. My colleague from Massachusetts is talking about how we have previously granted the authority to the District of Columbia to do X, Y, and Z. He is correct, but with us granting power, there comes responsibility.

My colleague from Washington, D.C., is talking about the home rule and this and that. This city makes me sad. I mean, I have hope now that President Trump is here that the D.C. Government is starting to do things that they should have been doing all along.

What about Representative Cuellar, who was mugged, robbed at gunpoint in a carjacking?

What about the Rand Paul staffer who was stabbed in a bar five blocks from here? I don't go there anymore. I don't go there anymore because it is not safe.

What about Brad Finstad, who got robbed at gunpoint?

What about the staffers who got robbed 6 months ago?

Justice Sotomayor's detail shot an 18-year-old multiple times because he was trying to rob the Supreme Court Justice.

In what world are you living in that you think that the power that we granted to the District of Columbia is being executed responsibly?

We are talking about something very simple: Abide by Federal detainers. If the Federal Government says you have arrested an illegal immigrant who has a criminal detainer, you have to follow the law.

We didn't give the billion dollars to the District of Columbia because they need to understand that actions have consequences. When I don't feel safe at night, when my constituents come here and I tell them to be careful, when my commanding officer stays at a hotel three blocks from here and I tell him not to walk to the baseball game, to take an Uber, what world are you living in? This is unacceptable.

We will have law and order in this city. The President has said so much. We are going to use every tool in our toolbox to make this District what it should be.

A nation's capital in decline is a nation in decline. We are not a nation in decline.

The city of D.C. needs to live up to its obligations to keep us safe.

Get the homeless people help. Letting them live in the streets is not helping them. You are hurting them. Get them mental health counseling. Get them a shower. Get them a job. Get them help. Letting them live under bridges is not helping them. It is wrong. The fact that I have to sit up here and tell you this makes me sad.

We are going to make this city safe. We are going to show the world that we are not a nation in decline. We are going to not only Make America Great Again, but we are going to make the United States Capital great again.

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