Last week my office was hard at work on Capitol Hill holding the radicals in the Biden administration accountable and delivering upon meaningful solutions on behalf of our Southwest Florida community, the State of Florida, and the American people.
On the legislative front, I introduced H.R. 7530 – "D.C. Criminal Reform to Immediately Make Everyone Safer (D.C. CRIMES) Act." This is the 72nd piece of legislation that I have proposed during the 118th Congress and it seeks to utilize Congressional control in order to reduce skyrocketing crime in our nation's capital. By Thursday, the House Oversight and Accountability Committee had already advanced my legislation to the floor of the House of Representatives with a vote of the committee's majority.
Our nation's capital is experiencing a historic crime wave as a result progressive, soft-on-crime policy. This man-made public safety crisis is unacceptable. Congress has a constitutional responsibility to oversee the District of Columbia and it is imperative that we act quickly to assert our control when local government fails to do its job. The American people deserve a safe capital city and I will not stand idly-by as it descends into chaos.
You may have missed it, but last week, the SEC released a new Climate Disclosure Rule. This is another example of executive agency overreach into businesses. Essentially, the SEC turned itself into an environmental regulator and is using its power over businesses to circumvent the will of Congress and the American people. Ultimately, the greatest impact of the increased compliance costs and barriers to entry will be felt by small and medium-sized businesses. The big corporations will become larger while small businesses will be wiped out. As Republican Commissioner Mark Uyeda said, 'the SEC went outside of its lane and set precedent of using its disclosure regime to drive social change.' This rule has nothing to do with investment decisions or the financial performance of regulated business entities.
Most notably, President Biden gave his State of the Union speech to a joint session of Congress. Biden's State of the Union was disgusting. It was partisan. It was a campaign speech. It attacked our institutions. It was a prove-it speech to the Democrat base. It was not about our country. It did not address the true state of the union, which is unraveling before our eyes. The state of our union is in crisis. Millions of unvetted illegal aliens have entered our country since Biden became president and our border is in crisis. Biden's reckless and inflationary overspending has created a cost-of-living crisis. Our cities are experiencing a crime crisis. The weaponization of our government by politicized bureaucrats has caused a lawfare crisis. Biden's projected weakness on the world stage has caused a foreign policy crisis. We must do better.
In his State of the Union speech, Biden called Laken Riley's illegal alien killer an "illegal." Over the weekend the activist left forced him to apologize for using the term. They did not force him to apologize for: (1) Letting in millions of unvetted illegals, (2) Refusing to say Laken Riley's name until he was heckled, (3) Calling Laken Riley the name of USC's football coach. This week, 170 Democrats even voted against the policy that would have prevented Laken Riley's death. This administration and Congressional Democrats are painfully out of touch and refuse to put the American people first.
As your Congressman, you have my commitment to work on your behalf and restore order and proper governance to The People's House. |
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| Legislative Updates |
| Donalds Combats The Progressive, Soft-On-Crime Sentencing Policies Plaguing Our Nation's Capital |
| WASHINGTON - Congressman Byron Donalds (R-FL) introduced legislation to prohibit Washington D.C.'s Council from pursuing progressive, soft-on-crime policy.
The "D.C. Criminal Reform to Immediately Make Everyone Safer (D.C. CRIMES) Act" is the 72nd piece of legislation proposed by Congressman Donalds during the 118th Congress and seeks to utilize Congressional control in order to reduce skyrocketing crime in our nation's capital. Original cosponsors of the "D.C. CRIMES Act" include Rep. Andy Biggs (R-AZ,) Rep. Gary Palmer (R-AL) and Rep. William Timmons (R-SC.) Congressman Donalds released the following statement:
"Our nation's capital is experiencing a historic crime wave as a result progressive, soft-on-crime policy. This man-made public safety crisis is unacceptable. Congress has a constitutional responsibility to oversee the District of Columbia and it is imperative that we act quickly to assert our control when local government fails to do its job. The American people deserve a safe capital city and I will not stand idly-by as it descends into chaos."
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| Donalds Statement On The Securities And Exchange Commission's Finalized Climate Disclosure Rule |
| WASHINGTON – Congressman Byron Donalds (R-FL) released the following statement after the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued its final rule to require climate-related risk disclosures:
"The SEC's Climate Disclosure Rule is another example of executive agency overreach into businesses. Essentially, the SEC turned itself into an environmental regulator and is using its power over businesses to circumvent the will of Congress and the American people. Ultimately, the greatest impact of the increased compliance costs and barriers to entry will be felt by small and medium-sized businesses. The big corporations will become larger while small businesses will be wiped out. As Republican Commissioner Mark Uyeda said, 'the SEC went outside of its lane and set precedent of using its disclosure regime to drive social change.' This rule has nothing to do with investment decisions or the financial performance of regulated business entities." |
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