from day one, I will fight to ... transform our racist criminal justice system
I will fight to transform our racist criminal justice system.
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"I’m running for Congress because I know we won’t change the system until we change our leadership... from day one, I will fight to end gun violence, win Medicare For All, transform our racist criminal justice system, and end the climate crisis."
Sponsor: Rep. Frost, Maxwell [D-FL-10] (Introduced 02/13/2025)... The bill's official title is "To establish the Office of Gun Violence Prevention, and for other purposes." Latest Action: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Sponsor: Rep. Frost, Maxwell [D-FL-10] (Introduced 03/22/2023)... Latest Action: House - 03/22/2023 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. Tracker: Tip This bill has the status Introduced.
"Today, Congressman Maxwell Alejandro Frost (D-FL) and Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) have introduced new legislation, the Fair Future Act, to repeal an amendment ... that has led to permanent denial of rental housing to people with prior drug convictions..."
"On September 22, 2023, President Biden established the first-ever White House Office of Gun Violence Prevention, overseen by Vice President Harris..."
Frost and House Oversight Democrats announced new investigations and introduced the NICE Act to stop ICE from holding detained immigrants indefinitely without charges; the release also says Frost sent oversight letters to DHS/ICE and to detention contractors.
The press-release index shows Frost's May 12 statement on the closure of Alligator Alcatraz, saying he had conducted repeated oversight and fought to shut the facility down.
Assessments
Frost took concrete same-term action consistent with the promise by introducing reform legislation, pursuing oversight investigations, and sending pressure letters on detention abuse, reentry barriers, and related justice issues. That shows he did fight on criminal-justice reform. But the available record shows proposals, referrals, investigations, and advocacy rather than enacted federal reform or a broader transformation of the criminal justice system. Because the promise was sweeping and the documented results are limited, this is better scored as partial rather than full delivery.
Frost made concrete same-term efforts related to criminal justice reform, including introducing the Fair Future Act to reduce housing exclusion for people with prior drug convictions and gun violence prevention legislation. However, the evidence shows these measures were introduced or referred rather than enacted, and there is no proof that the broader promised outcome of transforming the criminal justice system was delivered.