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Mark Harris

Representative for North Carolina · Republican · United States

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Congressional Record, Volume 171 Issue 72 (Wednesday, April 30, 2025) [Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 72 (Wednesday, April 30, 2025)] [House] [Page H1760] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [ www.gpo.gov ] RETIREMENT OF CHIEF BRYAN GILLIARD (Mr.

RETIREMENT OF CHIEF BRYAN GILLIARD · 2025-04-30 · READ IN THE CONGRESSIONAL RECORD

Congressional Record, Volume 171 Issue 72 (Wednesday, April 30, 2025) [Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 72 (Wednesday, April 30, 2025)] [House] [Page H1760] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [ www.gpo.gov ] RETIREMENT OF CHIEF BRYAN GILLIARD (Mr.

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For 32 years, Chief Gilliard has dedicated his life to public safety, including the last 11 years leading Monroe's police force. Born and raised in Union County, Chief Gilliard has given his entire career back to the community, and Monroe is a better place for it. He has truly exemplified the best of what it means to wear the badge.

RETIREMENT OF CHIEF BRYAN GILLIARD · 2025-04-30 · READ IN THE CONGRESSIONAL RECORD

For 32 years, Chief Gilliard has dedicated his life to public safety, including the last 11 years leading Monroe's police force. Born and raised in Union County, Chief Gilliard has given his entire career back to the community, and Monroe is a better place for it. He has truly exemplified the best of what it means to wear the badge.

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Mr. Speaker, I thank the chairman for yielding me time. Mr. Speaker, all across the country, at record levels, activist judges are impeding President Trump's America First agenda with nationwide injunctions, depriving the American people of the changes they demanded in November.

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I am sure our Founders did not envision this extreme constitutional overreach from the judicial branch. Fortunately, Congressman Issa's No Rogue Rulings Act will correct this discrepancy by ensuring that district court judges cannot issue nationwide injunctions. The American people demand sweeping change from us.

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  1. For 32 years, Chief Gilliard has dedicated his life to public safety, including the last 11 years leading Monroe's police force. Born and raised in Union County, Chief Gilliard has given his entire career back to the community, and Monroe is a better place for it. He has truly exemplified the best of what it means to wear the badge. Today, on his final day, as he enters into retirement, I ask my colleagues to join me in thanking Chief Gilliard for his three decades of service. ____________________

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  2. Congressional Record, Volume 171 Issue 72 (Wednesday, April 30, 2025) [Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 72 (Wednesday, April 30, 2025)] [House] [Page H1760] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [ www.gpo.gov ] RETIREMENT OF CHIEF BRYAN GILLIARD (Mr. HARRIS of North Carolina asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.) Mr. HARRIS of North Carolina. Mr. Speaker, whether they wear scrubs, a firefighter's helmet, or a badge, every town in America has real-life heroes, familiar faces who serve their communities. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor a true hometown hero, Chief Bryan Gilliard of North Carolina's Monroe Police Department.

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  3. For 32 years, Chief Gilliard has dedicated his life to public safety, including the last 11 years leading Monroe's police force. Born and raised in Union County, Chief Gilliard has given his entire career back to the community, and Monroe is a better place for it. He has truly exemplified the best of what it means to wear the badge. Today, on his final day, as he enters into retirement, I ask my colleagues to join me in thanking Chief Gilliard for his three decades of service. ____________________

    RETIREMENT OF CHIEF BRYAN GILLIARD · 2025-04-30 · READ IN THE CONGRESSIONAL RECORD

  4. Congressional Record, Volume 171 Issue 72 (Wednesday, April 30, 2025) [Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 72 (Wednesday, April 30, 2025)] [House] [Page H1760] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [ www.gpo.gov ] RETIREMENT OF CHIEF BRYAN GILLIARD (Mr. HARRIS of North Carolina asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.) Mr. HARRIS of North Carolina. Mr. Speaker, whether they wear scrubs, a firefighter's helmet, or a badge, every town in America has real-life heroes, familiar faces who serve their communities. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor a true hometown hero, Chief Bryan Gilliard of North Carolina's Monroe Police Department.

    RETIREMENT OF CHIEF BRYAN GILLIARD · 2025-04-30 · READ IN THE CONGRESSIONAL RECORD

  5. I am sure our Founders did not envision this extreme constitutional overreach from the judicial branch. Fortunately, Congressman Issa's No Rogue Rulings Act will correct this discrepancy by ensuring that district court judges cannot issue nationwide injunctions. The American people demand sweeping change from us. From cutting waste, fraud, and abuse in our bloated Federal Government to deporting the millions of illegal alien invaders, we need to make progress. Right now, a single district court judge can impede this progress on a whim, essentially holding the America First agenda hostage indefinitely. This must end. Mr. Speaker, I strongly urge my colleagues to join me in voting ``yes'' on the No Rogue Rulings Act to stop this judicial tyranny from harming the American people.

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  6. Mr. Speaker, I thank the chairman for yielding me time. Mr. Speaker, all across the country, at record levels, activist judges are impeding President Trump's America First agenda with nationwide injunctions, depriving the American people of the changes they demanded in November. To put how unprecedented this is into perspective, President Trump has faced more than twice as many nationwide injunctions as Presidents Bush, Obama, and Biden combined. In addition, more than 90 percent of these nationwide injunctions have been issued by Democrat appointed judges. I am calling this what it is: weaponized political lawfare. There are 677 district court judgeships nationwide, and as of now, if just one of these judges decides to block an executive action, they can singlehandedly halt the President's agenda.

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