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Order Update: Your Article One Authority Has Been Delivered

September 5, 2025

WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Trump has restored law and order to Washington, D.C. in just one month. Congress must now exercise its constitutional oversight authority to ensure the nation's capital maintains safety and security after years of failed local leadership. In a brand new episode of the Right to the Point Podcast, Rep. Harriet Hageman (WY-At Large), chairman of the RSC Article One Task Force, and Rep. Eric Burlison (MO-07) delivered a powerful discussion on D.C.'s failures while outlining how Republicans will use constitutional authority to address ongoing problems and stop rogue federal agencies from bypassing Congress. 

The two RSC members were direct about the challenges: the nation's capital has become an embarrassment under current leadership, with homeless encampments literally steps from the Capitol building and a city council more interested in woke ideology than basic public safety. They revealed how D.C. officials tried to hold secret meetings to hide from Trump and Congress while ignoring skyrocketing crime rates. 

Highlights of the explosive conversation can be found below, and the full interview can be found on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Rumble, and YouTube.

Rep. Hageman on City Council's Constitutional Sabotage: "The City Council of Washington, DC attempted to codify Chevron so that everybody would have to defer to the administrative agencies, rather than their own City Council. The City Council was taking away their own power...completely abdicating their responsibilities."

Rep. Burlison on D.C.'s Dangerous Streets: "Every time I would walk past this building, I just knew that I was going to be having to, like, roll the dice: is this person going to talk to me? Are they going to try to engage me? Are they going to ask for money, or are they going to just say crazy things...Let alone be assaulted."

Rep. Hageman on Secret Meetings and Cover-Ups: "They attempted to adopt a resolution changing the Open Meetings Act so that they could have meetings in secret, the stated purpose of which was to hide things from the President of the United States and Congress."

Rep. Burlison on Crushing Administrative State Overreach: "This administration is saying, No, we're not going to play this game anymore. This pendulum is going to keep going back and forth. The best thing that we can do is take that power back permanently away from these agencies."