U.S. Senators Katie Britt, Ted Cruz, Colleagues Introduce the CLEAN D.C. Act

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Katie Britt (R-Ala.) joined Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and several of their Senate Republican colleagues in introducing the CLEAN D.C. Act. This legislation would repeal the D.C. City Council's Comprehensive Policing and Justice Reform Amendment Act of 2022, which took reckless steps to restrict D.C. law enforcement and embolden criminals.

"In 2023, one of my staffers was carjacked and held at gunpoint, just one mile from our nation's Capitol building. D.C.'s crime rate is higher than the national average and even higher than that of many capital cities in third-world countries. To put it simply, anyone who says D.C. doesn't have a crime problem isn't facing the facts," Senator Britt stated.

"I'm proud to join Senator Cruz and my Republican colleagues in cosponsoring the CLEAN D.C. Act, which builds on President Trump's historic action to make D.C. beautiful and safe again by reversing the liberal D.C. City Council's reckless 2022 law that lessens penalties for violent crimes," she continued.

The D.C. City Council's reckless 2022 law weakens local law enforcement by banning longstanding police tactics, strips legal protections and due process rights for officers, threatens police officer safety by authorizing public release of records, and imposes restrictions on policing protests and the use of non-lethal crowd control.

"Violent crime has become endemic in Washington DC as a direct result of political and ideological decisions made by Democrats. Those decisions included passing and trying to lock in anti-police measures such as the Orwellian-named Comprehensive Policing and Justice Reform Amendment Act of 2022, which undermined police morale, weakened officer retention, and contributed to a still-ongoing public safety disaster. The CLEAN D.C. Act will reverse that decision, and I call upon my colleagues in Congress to pass it," said Senator Cruz.

The CLEAN D.C. Act is endorsed by the D.C. Police Union and the Fraternal Order of Police.

"The D.C. Police Union, representing 3,000 dedicated officers of the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD), expresses profound gratitude to Senator Ted Cruz for his steadfast leadership in introducing legislation to repeal the Comprehensive Policing and Justice Reform Act, a misguided and harmful law that has plagued our city's public safety since its enactment. This new repeal effort is a critical step toward restoring common-sense law enforcement in our Nation's Capital. The Comprehensive Policing and Justice Reform Act has not reformed anything, it has enabled lawlessness, endangered officers and their families, and driven away the very professionals needed to keep D.C. safe. We urge all Senators to pass this repeal with the same bipartisan resolve shown in 2023, and we call on the President to sign it into law. Our city cannot afford another day of this failed experiment," said Chairman of the D.C. Police Union, Gregg Pemberton, in support of the legislation.

The CLEAN D.C. Act is also cosponsored by Senators Jim Risch (R-Idaho), Mike Lee (R-Utah), Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.), John Cornyn (R-Texas), and Ted Budd (R-N.C.).

To read the full bill text, click here.

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