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   From: JW@jw.com   
      
   On 12/13/2023 2:20 AM, useapen wrote:   
   > The rise of organized retail crime will be front and center at a Tuesday   
   > congressional hearing amid the end-of-year holiday shopping boom.   
   >   
   > The House Homeland Security Committee’s Subcommittee on Counterterrorism,   
   > Law Enforcement, and Intelligence is holding a hearing titled "From   
   > Festive Cheer to Retail Fear: Addressing Organized Retail Crime."   
   >   
   > Among the witnesses expected to testify are representatives from Home   
   > Depot and the National Retail Federation, according to a witness list   
   > previewed by Fox News Digital.   
   >   
   > On the government side, lawmakers will hear from Homeland Security   
   > officials in the Secret Service as well as Immigration and Customs   
   > Enforcement.   
   >   
   > Subcommittee Chair August Pfluger, R-Texas, blamed "soft-on-crime   
   > policies" for the problematic trend in a statement announcing the hearing.   
   >   
   > "By putting criminals over communities, families, and small business   
   > owners, hardworking Americans across the country are being forced to pay   
   > the financial and emotional costs of these failed policies," Pfluger said.   
   >   
   > "Amid an unprecedented spike in retail crime, reports also suggest many   
   > professional shoplifters or boosters are part of a much larger   
   > organization of criminals — including transnational criminal organizations   
   > (TCOs) that are taking advantage of our open borders," he added.   
   >   
   > Rep. Seth Magaziner, D-R.I., the top Democrat on the panel, said in a   
   > statement, "Organized retail crime endangers small businesses, workers,   
   > and consumers."   
   >   
   > It comes as big cities like Washington, D.C., and New York City deal with   
   > rising retail theft issues.   
   >   
   > Big chain stores in those cities like CVS and others have been forced to   
   > lock up merchandise behind plastic barriers to keep them from being stolen   
   > off the shelves.   
   >   
   > A recent survey by the National Retail Federation found that 70% of   
   > retailers believe organized retail theft has become a more prevalent issue   
   > in recent years.   
   >   
   > https://www.foxnews.com/politics/house-examine-organized-retail-theft-   
   > cities-amid-holidays   
   >   
   Accepting all that is true, what makes it a federal issue? Perhaps the   
   repeal of the 9th and 10th Amendments?  I must have missed that one.   
      
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