{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.budd.senate.gov/2025/09/03/senator-budd-joins-cruz-colleagues-to-introduce-the-clean-d-c-act/", "Senator Budd Joins Cruz, Colleagues to Introduce the CLEAN D.C. Act", "2025-09-03", "2025", "2025-09", "Republican", "Senate", "NC", "Ted Budd", "B001305", "www.budd.senate.gov", "budd", "https://www.budd.senate.gov/category/news/press-releases/page/", "scraper", "Washington, D.C. \u2014 U.S. Senator Ted Budd (R-N.C.) joined Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and several of their Senate Republican colleagues in introducing the CLEAN D.C. Act. The bill would repeal the D.C. Council\u2019s Comprehensive Policing and Justice Reform Amendment Act of 2022, which imposed sweeping restrictions on law enforcement in Washington, D.C.\n\n\u201cFor far too long, our nation\u2019s capital has been plagued by rampant crime and unsafe streets. Law-abiding citizens are tired of D.C. politicians hiding the reality facing families: increased gun violence, ignored calls for vehicles broken into and other petty thefts, and an inability to buy basic goods at the local shop without clerks opening locked cases.\n\n\u201cThat is why President Trump has stepped in to restore law and order, and why the DOJ is rightfully exercising its authority to investigate the alleged manipulation of D.C.\u2019s crime rates. I am proud to join Senator Cruz and my colleagues in reaffirming Congressional authority to implement common-sense policing measures in Washington, D.C., to support the President\u2019s agenda\u2014putting safety first,\u201d said Senator Budd.\n\n\u201cViolent 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,\u201d Senator Cruz said.\n\nThis legislation was additionally cosponsored by Senators Jim Risch (R-Idaho), Mike Lee (R-Utah), Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.), John Cornyn (R-Texas), and Katie Britt (R-Ala.).\n\nRead the full bill text HERE.\n\nBACKGROUND\n\nThe D.C. Council\u2019s Comprehensive Policing and Justice Reform Amendment Act of 2022 weakens D.C. law enforcement by:\n\n\u2022 Banning longstanding and proven police tactics.\n\n\u2022 Stripping legal protections and due process rights for officers.\n\n\u2022 Threatening police officer safety by authorizing public release of records.\n\n\u2022 Imposing restrictions on policing protests and the use of non-lethal crowd control.\n\nLaw enforcement leaders have warned that these provisions demoralize officers, worsen D.C.\u2019s law enforcement staffing crisis, and embolden criminals.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T19:10:29Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://www.budd.senate.gov/2025/09/03/senator-budd-joins-cruz-colleagues-to-introduce-the-clean-d-c-act/"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.0098479688167572, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}