[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 877 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. RES. 877

     Condemning Mayor Muriel Bowser, Council Chair Phil Mendelson, 
Councilman Charles Allen, and the rest of the government of the city of 
 Washington, DC, for their failure to stop the crime epidemic plaguing 
                              their city.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           November 17, 2023

   Mr. Collins (for himself, Mr. Norman, Mr. Stauber, Mrs. Miller of 
Illinois, Mr. Duncan, Mr. Weber of Texas, Mr. Babin, Mr. LaMalfa, Mrs. 
Bice, and Mr. Arrington) submitted the following resolution; which was 
       referred to the Committee on Oversight and Accountability

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                               RESOLUTION


 
     Condemning Mayor Muriel Bowser, Council Chair Phil Mendelson, 
Councilman Charles Allen, and the rest of the government of the city of 
 Washington, DC, for their failure to stop the crime epidemic plaguing 
                              their city.

Whereas the policies of Mayor Bowser and the government of the city of 
        Washington, DC (DC government), have made the citizens of Washington, 
        DC, less safe;
Whereas this past year, Members of the House have seen colleagues attacked in 
        elevators and carjacked by armed gunmen;
Whereas Members have witnessed many of their own staff members attacked or 
        harassed this past year;
Whereas the policies of Mayor Bowser, Council Chair Phil Mendelson, Councilman 
        Charles Allen, and the DC government are anti-police, anti-citizen, and 
        pro-criminal;
Whereas Councilman Allen is the author of the Revised Criminal Code Act of 2022, 
        which reduced mandatory minimum sentences for carjacking;
Whereas Council Chair Mendelson and Councilman Allen have led the charge for 
        anti-police policies enacted in Washington, DC;
Whereas Washington, DC, has already seen a record number of homicides and 
        violent crime is up compared to last year;
Whereas robberies in Washington, DC, are up compared to last year;
Whereas motor vehicle thefts are up and total property crimes are up compared to 
        last year;
Whereas the Chief of the Metropolitan Police Department recently said that the 
        Department is down approximately 500 officers; and
Whereas it is clear that the anti-police policies of the DC government have led 
        to rising crime, declining enrollment in the police force, and a less 
        safe city: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the House of Representatives condemns the actions of 
Mayor Muriel Bowser, Council Chair Phil Mendelson, Councilman Charles 
Allen, and the rest of the government of Washington, DC, for their 
failure to stop the crime epidemic plaguing their city.
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