From Fox News: An unlikely alliance in the House of Representatives is seeking to reform the U.S. criminal justice system.
The House is expected to consider a bill this week that would force the federal government to create a vast database of existing federal criminal laws and regulations, which its supporters hope will be a stepping stone to cutting down what they see as an exceedingly cumbersome bureaucratic web.
The bill is being led by Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, with support from Reps. Andy Biggs, R-Ariz., Lucy McBath, D-Ga., and Steve Cohen, D-Tenn.
It’s not often that progressives can be seen teaming up with members of the conservative House Freedom Caucus, but concerns like government overreach have been known to bring together unusual coalitions within Congress.
Roy emphasized to Fox News that, or course, laws for crimes like assaults, stabbings and theft must remain in place. However, he said, “There are all sorts of regulatory things under the [Environmental Protection Agency] that frankly make criminals out of Americans by virtue of just how they engage. It might be a farmer just using their land or range or whatever. And suddenly they are a criminal.”
Rep. Roy shared a video of his speech from the House floor, along with the following statement:
Rep. Roy on HR 2159, the Count the Crimes to Cut Act: “For decades, the American people, Congress, and corners of the federal government, have tried to grasp a reliable estimate of how many criminal laws exist, either in statute or in regulation…
There are thousands upon thousands of regulations and statutes, and the American people often have no idea that they might be in violation of something that would come with a penalty that might include jail time or sufficient fines and so forth, and potentially could become a felon.
This bill is pretty simple. It just directs the federal government, directs the executive branch, to count the crimes, to come up with a list of the crimes that exist and put those in order, and to make sure that we know what offenses are attached to those so that we can go through this and make decisions as to whether or not these crimes are duplicative, whether they might be contradictory, whether maybe they go too far, not far enough.”
Rep. Roy on HR 2159, the Count the Crimes to Cut Act: “For decades, the American people, Congress, and corners of the federal government, have tried to grasp a reliable estimate of how many criminal laws exist, either in statute or in regulation…
There are thousands upon… pic.twitter.com/qqM4pNaihB
— Rep. Chip Roy Press Office (@RepChipRoy) December 1, 2025
Rep. Roy on HR 2159, the Count the Crimes to Cut Act: “There’s lots of different ways in which you can be criminally liable for something you don’t even know about, and that’s insane.”https://t.co/0lIJ0Gi070
— Rep. Chip Roy Press Office (@RepChipRoy) December 1, 2025
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