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Congressman Brad Knott, R-NC13, joined members of the Republican Study Committee in Washington on Tuesday to spotlight President Donald Trump’s push to crack down on crime in the nation’s capital.
Knott, who spent time as a federal prosecutor before becoming a member of Congress, spoke about the importance of law and order.
In January, a 14-year-old was shot and killed by a group of his peers in Southwest Washington, D.C. Just weeks later, an elderly man was chased through traffic by a knife-wielding attacker in broad daylight.
WASHINGTON — American farmers, already grappling with soaring input costs, strict regulations, and recovery from natural disasters, have long struggled with labor shortages that threaten the backbone of our rural economy. Now, to alleviate these pressures, President Donald Trump has ordered the Department of Labor to unwind the Biden-Harris administration’s stifling rules on the H-2A visa program.
“There are more illegals in North Carolina than there are in Arizona,” Rep. Brad Knott (R-NC) said during an appearance on the Right to the Point podcast, discussing President Donald Trump’s victories and the work to be done alongside fellow RSC members Reps. Mark Harris (R-NC) and Tim Moore (R-NC).
The congressmen discussed the specific MAGA wins for their state of North Carolina, and Knott mentioned the success of the Big Beautiful Bill in protecting family farms.
A new bill from House Republicans would force the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to conduct a threat assessment focused on the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua (TdA).
House Republicans are fast-tracking a bill that would dramatically raise the punishment for illegal immigrants caught attempting to enter the United States after being deported.
The Stop Illegal Entry Act was passed out of the House Judiciary Committee last week after being tweaked to include language from Rep. Brad Knott’s (R-NC) legislation titled the Punishing Illegal Immigrant Felons Act, which includes penalties for repeat border crossers and criminal illegal immigrants.
