A bipartisan group of House lawmakers led by Colorado Republican Ken Buck will introduce legislation this week that would form a new task force aimed at combating the nationwide surge in mob retail theft.
Buck told Fox News his bill, which he will introduce Friday, is a companion to Iowa Sen. Charles Grassley's Combating Organized Retail Crime Act, and characterized it as a strong, bipartisan response to the nationwide crime wave.
Buck blamed President Biden and the administration for failing to get a handle on the chaos. "The explosion of organized, smash-and-grab looting of retail stores is a symptom of the underlying collapse of law and order in America under the Biden administration," Buck told Fox News, disputing Biden's 2021 claim that crime is "down." A group of about 100 juveniles looted a Wawa in Philadelphia's Mayfair section, Sept.
24, 2022. (Philadelphia Police) Buck said the bipartisan and bicameral legislation will help police and federal law enforcement stop future "attacks" on businesses by improving bureaucratic coordination and ensuring proper punishment for culprits.
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