James Comer

Mr. COMER

Mr. COMER. Mr. Speaker, I yield an additional 1 minute to the gentleman from Minnesota.

Mr. COMER. Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.

Mr. COMER. Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.

Mr. COMER. Mr. Speaker, I am prepared to close, and I reserve the balance of my time.

Mr. COMER. Mr. Speaker, I join my House colleagues in offering my deepest condolences to the people of Minnesota. I particularly extend my sympathies to my House colleagues representing the Minnesota delegation. We mourn the loss of Melissa and Mark Hortman, remembering their lives and the lasting impact they had on the State they loved so deeply. We send warm wishes of recovery to John and Yvette Hoffman, who have displayed true courage through this nightmare. My prayers are with the families and friends of the victims who have had their lives upended and forever altered by these heinous acts. We will not bend to intimidation or fear, and we refuse to tolerate the actions of those who would seek to usurp the will of the people and their representatives, advancing their own twisted agendas through violence and bloodshed. Mr. Speaker, I encourage each of our colleagues to support this resolution, and I yield back the balance of my time.

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Mr. COMER. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to announce that America has a new baseball team, and that baseball team is the Murray State Racers located in Murray, Kentucky. Murray State is a real-life Cinderella story. Murray State was the number four seed after winning the Missouri Valley Conference. They played in the Oxford Regional where, of course, Ole Miss is, and they beat Ole Miss twice and Georgia Tech once to advance to the Super Regional. Then Murray State did what every blue-blooded Kentucky Wildcat fan could only dream of, they beat Duke. They didn't just beat Duke on their home field once, they beat Duke twice to advance to Omaha to the College World Series. This is a historic achievement for a small school. Murray State defied the odds in the era of NIL and big contracts and players getting paid. This is a group of baseball players that want to play ball. They play hard every game. They weren't highly recruited, and they win. Mr. Speaker, I congratulate Coach Skirka and the Murray State Racers and the entire Murray, Kentucky, community.

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Mr. COMER. Mr. Speaker, pursuant to House Resolution 489, I call up the bill (H.R. 2056) to require the District of Columbia to comply with federal immigration laws, and ask for its immediate consideration.

Mr. COMER. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that all Members may have 5 legislative days to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous material on the measure under consideration.

Mr. COMER. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of H.R. 2056, the District of Columbia Federal Immigration Compliance Act. The House Oversight Committee has held multiple hearings on the failings of the Biden-Harris administration to secure our borders and protect our citizens. In March, the committee heard from sanctuary city mayors, who offered carefully crafted, lawyerly statements defending their decisions not to work with the Trump administration as it works to remove criminal aliens as quickly as possible. At the end of the day, illegal alien criminals who threaten our communities have no right to be here in the first place. State and local governments must work with the Department of Homeland Security to share information on individuals they arrest. They must also honor lawful detainers. When they do not, Congress must act. H.R. 2056 ensures that the District of Columbia cooperates with Federal immigration agencies, including ICE, to protect our citizens and nullifies prior attempts by the District to make itself a sanctuary city. I thank the gentleman from Louisiana (Mr. Higgins) for his work on this important topic, and I reserve the balance of my time.

Mr. COMER. Mr. Speaker, I yield 5 minutes to the gentleman from Louisiana (Mr. Higgins), the sponsor of the bill.

Mr. COMER. Mr. Speaker, I yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from South Carolina (Mr. Timmons).

Mr. COMER. Mr. Speaker, I yield 3 minutes to the gentlewoman from Georgia (Ms. Greene).

Mr. COMER. Mr. Speaker, I yield an additional 2 minutes to the gentlewoman from Georgia (Ms. Greene).

Mr. COMER. Mr. Speaker, I might add that the gentleman that the gentlewoman from Georgia (Ms. Greene) was referencing is the same gentleman that two members of the House Oversight Committee requested authorization travel to go down to El Salvador and defend. I think that she was very factual in everything she said, especially her criticism. Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.

Mr. COMER. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself the balance of my time. Mr. Speaker, President Trump's electoral mandate includes his promise to the American people that Republicans would resolve the criminal illegal alien crisis across our Nation. This bill is a necessary step in ensuring our Nation's Capital is an ally, not an opponent, in the fight to end this crisis. Specifically, H.R. 2056 represents an important step in codifying President Trump's executive order on making the District of Columbia safe and beautiful by directly supporting the directive for enhanced coordination between the Federal Government and law enforcement regarding illegal aliens. Mr. Speaker, I encourage each of my colleagues to support this critical legislation sponsored by Mr. Higgins. Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time.

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Mr. COMER. Madam Speaker, pursuant to House Resolution 489, I call up the bill (H.R. 2096) to restore the right to negotiate matters pertaining to the discipline of law enforcement officers of the District of Columbia through collective bargaining, to restore the statute of limitations for bringing disciplinary cases against members or civilian employees of the Metropolitan Police Department of the District of Columbia, and for other purposes, and ask for its immediate consideration.

Mr. COMER. Madam Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that all Members may have 5 legislative days to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous material on the measure under consideration.

Mr. COMER. Madam Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Madam Speaker, I rise in support of H.R. 2096, sponsored by Mr. Garbarino, the Protecting Our Nation's Capital Emergency Act. The men and women of the D.C. Metropolitan Police Department serve the community every day to keep this District safe and secure. On January 4, 2023, the D.C. Council passed the Comprehensive Policing and Justice Reform Amendment Act of 2022. The act stripped D.C. police officers of certain employee protections, making the job more difficult despite rising crime in the District. When the D.C. Council passed this law, Congress acted swiftly in a bipartisan, bicameral fashion to overturn it. The House and Senate passed H.J. Res. 42, which would have overturned the entire D.C. law, with 14 House Democrats and 6 Senate Democrats joining Republicans in support of the resolution. However, then-President Biden vetoed the bipartisan resolution of disapproval, allowing the harmful policies of the D.C. Council to remain in effect today. In another attempt to protect the D.C. police, Representative Garbarino introduced this bill to repeal certain provisions of D.C.'s Comprehensive Policing and Justice Reform Amendment Act. That bill passed through the Oversight Committee last Congress in 2024 and was reintroduced this Congress, again, favorably reporting out of the Oversight Committee, but now with the full support of the White House. H.R. 2096 restores D.C. police officers' right to collectively bargain over disciplinary matters and reinstates clear timelines for disciplinary investigations. H.R. 2096 also repeals the D.C. Council's requirement that the time and place of some adverse action hearings be posted to a public website. This public posting requirement enables antipolice activists to harass officers attempting to pursue their due process in the workplace. In summary, this legislation is necessary to support the recruitment and retention of the Metropolitan Police Department. Washington, D.C., cannot afford to continue to lose police officers during the ongoing crime crisis in the Nation's Capital city. My colleagues recognize the importance of supporting the law enforcement officers who risk their lives to protect our communities. By restoring employee protections, this legislation gives the Metropolitan Police Department officers the due process they need to confidently do their job. Madam Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.

Mr. COMER. Madam Speaker, I yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from New York (Mr. Garbarino), the sponsor of the bill.

Mr. COMER. Madam Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.

Mr. COMER. Madam Speaker, before I reserve, I want to make sure that my colleagues across the aisle know what bill we are actually debating on the floor, that the bill that pertains to law enforcement in Washington, D.C. It has nothing to do with their quest to continue to defend the rioters and illegals in California. Madam Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.

Mr. COMER. Madam Speaker, I have no further speakers, and I am prepared to close. I yield myself the balance of my time. Madam Speaker, in closing, I note that H.R. 2096 is endorsed by the National Fraternal Order of Police. I strongly encourage each of my House colleagues to support this bill, which will help strengthen law and order in our Nation's Capital City, which is the responsibility of Congress and the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee. Again, I encourage passage of H.R. 2096, and I yield back the balance of my time.

Mr. COMER. Madam Speaker, on that I demand the yeas and nays.

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Mr. COMER. Madam Speaker, pursuant to House Resolution 489, I call up the bill (H.R. 884) to prohibit individuals who are not citizens of the United States from voting in elections in the District of Columbia and to repeal the Local Resident Voting Rights Amendment Act of 2022, and ask for its immediate consideration.

Mr. COMER. Madam Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that all Members may have 5 legislative days in which to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous material on the measure under consideration.