[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 146 (Monday, September 8, 2025)]
[House]
[Page H3884]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




         FAILED SOCIAL EXPERIMENT BACKFIRING ON OUR COMMUNITIES

  (Mr. MEUSER asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. MEUSER. Mr. Speaker, I, too, rise today in regard to the latest 
stabbing on the Charlotte Area Transit System of Iryna Zarutska. It is 
just the latest awful example of what has gone wrong with our criminal 
justice system.
  Mr. Speaker, today, I felt compelled to tell my daughters to be 
careful.
  This suspect had been arrested 14 times, including for violent 
offenses. Despite this record, mental health issues, and skipping bond, 
a Democrat judge--happened to be Democrat--released him back into the 
streets after his arrest in January.
  Police do their jobs, but ideological prosecutors and judges refuse 
to do theirs.
  This is not justice. It is a failed social experiment backfiring on 
our communities. We see it time and time again.
  In D.C., police recently arrested a carjacking suspect who laughed in 
their faces saying: I have been in the D.C. jail six times for this 
warrant. I will be out tomorrow because the victims never show up. That 
is the mentality of this broken system, and it emboldens criminals.
  President Trump is proving there is another way, using all the 
resources available to protect innocent people.
  Mr. Speaker, we need to support these efforts. We need to bring law 
and order to our streets. The American people deserve protection, not 
excuses.

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