Rights investigation into the Minneapolis Police department, designed to eliminate racism. This is one hour. Good afternoon, everyone. Good afternoon, minnesota. A beautiful early summer day in minnesota. Gov. Walz good afternoon, everyone. Good afternoon, minnesota. A beautiful early summer day in minnesota. I just want to give a heartfelt thank you to a lot of people for the peace and the generosity, the kindness and the love thats been shown on our streets of minneapolis, st. Paul, and across minnesota over the last several days. Last evening was another example of that. Protests across the city. We saw memorials continue to floyd down one 38th and chicago. We saw beautiful interactions on the state capital where, out of respect, the National Guard troops there told the protesters out of respect they would go back a way to the building and just take care of those vehicles which were out front, which they did, not protesters at that point. Certainly, neighbors and friends and agents of change. We saw thousands gather in front of the beautiful minnesota governors residence that my family and i have the privilege of occupying for a short time. The pain of the families who were there was visceral. Seemsger of a system that to continue on. A group of people that know very clearly this isnt about a broken system. This is about a system thats functioning absolutely as it was designed, unfortunately. Thats meant to exclude some from it. Weve had an opportunity today to watch the capital. I couldnt be more proud of this. Police,trol, st. Paul National Guard, others up there set up tents for first aid. Its hot in minnesota today, and well take it. They are handing out water. They are making sure everyone is taken care of. They are interacting with their neighbors, because thats exactly who they are and thats exactly how we have to start seeing them. I want to give a final thank you of the peace that we were able to see yesterday. Started with a very powerful and Emotional Message from Terrence Floyd, at the side of his brother, georges death. Terrence big brother was killed on that side, and little brother was there to try and understand, just a week into this, with unimaginable pain. Terrence floyd stood proud and strong and told us he expects justice and he expects change, but he expects us to do it with a sense of our community, not with violence, not with fires, not with looting. On behalf of the people of minneapolisst. Paul and all of minnesota, we owe Terrence Floyd debthe family an immense of gratitude to help bring that message and that peace. We also owe i walked outside my house. Listen,d, you should but do not expect to get any credit for listening, if you do not do anything about it because we have heard it before. Not just even talking in minnesota, which they are certainly talking about that, but all of us come to understand that we will not have peace on our streets by having a bigger group of National Guards show up. You will not have peace on the streets by having a curfew, but we will establish peace on the streets when we address the systemic issues. That is what the voices in front of my house are saying. That is what Terrence Floyd is saying and that is what we need to start saying. Through the colonial period, through jim crow, it is still with us. In minnesota and across the country, now across the world if this is not an inflection point, this will come back again, if it is not addressed. This will not go away once the fires are put out. I think we have seen very clearly, if you can create the space to start doing that, you separate those who have no time or tolerance for destruction and no time or tolerance for systemic racism. I hear you. I have listened to Community Leaders. Othersuncilmembers and are asking for change. About i am here to talk what needs to start with the Police Department. I have talked to countless officers. I saw them take a knee out of respect in front of my house yesterday. There were not a lot of people happy with them, but they did it because there was not one of them was not sickened to the core about what they witnessed. Organization,f an it permeates all of us. A culture where the public cannot trust. We know that this is systemic, not only in minneapolis and minnesota, but it needs to start somewhere. I know what organizations look like when you are serving. Whether Public Schools or in the National Guard. It makes a difference. They can be generational. We know that preceded issues exist. We saw the casual nature of the erasing of gorge floyds life and humanity. Thenow by the reaction of community, they expected nothing to happen. The reason is because Nothing Happened for so many times. I stood next to mothers who lost their children in this. I heard mayor carter say and i have heard others echo that being black should not be a death sentence. For each and every one of us in Law Enforcement, you do not get judged on the spot. Of beingy the finality killed in police custody. You can expect our administration to use every tool. , we need toorward do it with the community, but we are not watching and we do not care what you say. We care what you do. Oday is a step we are filing a charge of discrimination to lodge a civil rights investigation into the Police Department. Determine if the department has utilized systemic discriminatory practices towards people of color. It is illegal to discriminate against someone because of their race. This is the first time they are launching an investigation into the discriminatory practices of the Police Department in the state. Focusing on the policies and practices implemented by the Minneapolis Police department. Rightsey find civil violations, they seek change. The department of human rights will seek an agreement with inneapolis Police Department advance of longterm measures to address systemic discriminatory practices. This is one of many steps to come to restore trust within communities who have been unseen, unheard and believe that those charged to serve and protect, not only do that, but they work against them. As a white man who walks through life with relative ease, i cannot know the pain of those Community Members. One of the things i need to do is to use that ability to build coalitions and make this situation that has become intolerable, that will not go away with tough talk and more people on the streets in uniform. It will go away with the sense of community you saw on the lawn today with lawenforcement and people in the same society, the same opportunities for their children. You will hear from a group of from a and people here Community Leader whose voice booms. You will hear from someone who has walked with me and has let me see through the eyes of a different perspective. Asking for these systemic changes. That afternoon and thank you, governor. Floyd is aof george tragedy. It is heartbreaking and it should have never happened. Lets be clear. He does not exist in isolation. , George Floyds name joins a too long list of lack men and women have been needlessly killed at the hands of Law Enforcement across this country. The grief and anger that has torn through our city and our state did not emerge in a vacuum. Is built on years of injustice. He did not begin with george floyd, but we can work to end it now. Under the leadership of commissioner rebecca and the department of human rights, our administration has launched a civil rights investigation into the Minneapolis Police department, not just around one case, but in investigation of the past 10 years. What is clear is that tragedies like the one that happened to george floyd do not emerge from a few isolated bad actors, but from patterns of misconduct. A culture. This is cultural. A culture that does not hold bad behavior accountable. This is not something that we week,x in one day for one but we must pursue meaningful structural change. Usrge floyd deserves this of. Every Single Person who is impacted by this culture deserves this of us. Past saturday that the swell of mourning and grief and anger has been just below the surface in our state. Now it has burst into public and national view. Andunities have been asking organizing for structural change of this of the Police Department for years. They want to pave the way for what we are launching today. This is one piece of the puzzle to getting justice for george minnesotansl black who have not been served or protected by the Minneapolis Police department. Puzzle,e piece of the to holding all four officers accountable for georges murder and changing the culture that made them. A culture that does not value the lives of lack minnesotans. Womanightskinned, native , i grapple daily with my role. In particular over the last week, i have grappled with my role as a lightskinned, native woman, but also as the Lieutenant Governor of minnesota, to do everything i can to undo the antiblackness that lives within our community and within our state. This action we are taking today forwardangible step that is critical to correcting the injustice that plagues us. Years inlem has been the making, but we have an opportunity to seize this moment, to make it better, to take a solid first step of many steps that we must do in each branch of government, to deconstruct the system of racism that has frankly always existed in this state. E can and we must we must take this moment to change it all. With that, i would like to introduce to you commissioner rebecca. Good afternoon. I am the commissioner for the department of human rights. With all thert people i carry with me today. All my ancestors and Community Leaders who have worked to create a beloved community. We continued to move forward together. As the commissioner of the department of human rights, my agency is charged with enforcing one of the strongest civil rights laws in the country, the minnesota human rights act. We continue our ongoing work to secure justice by announcing that our department is opening a civil rights investigation into the Police Department. A policeegal for department to discriminate against someone because of their race. When our Department Finds civil rights violations, we seek structural change. Departmentk at the to determine if they have utilized systemic discriminatory practices towards people of color. We will review the training and practices. The death of george floyd is what launched this investigation. George floyd should be alive. He deserves to live a life full of dignity and joy. And mayor carter, the Lieutenant Governor and Community Members have stressed that what Community Members are facing to get a is the today what create and sustain has resulted time and time again. Minnesota has some of the worst way should parties in the country. We see it all the time. Employment, education and the criminal justice and justice system. They keep lack and brown Community Members from living full lives. That is why this investigation is different. Unlike the other investigations that are critically important, this is looking at the system. It is not about Holding People criminally liable. This is about system change. Todays announcement is important and i need to acknowledge that the call to action is not new, which has been stressed repeatedly and cannot be stressed enough. Leaders have been bleeding for it and dying for it. It is essential that we acknowledge the work and commitment of those who made todays announcement possible and those who will continue to make these changes. The minnesota human rights act is a powerful tool. We have this intentionally to and address systemic racism discrimination. We are using that tool today and every day to break down policies and practices that lead to illegal discrimination. Discrimination threatens the rights and privileges of the inhabitants of the state. Agoas written over 50 years and it still rings true today. Nation cannot be part of the fabric of this great state. We can and we must choose to do better. We are making this announcement today because we need your help. It will take all of us, city leadership, police, every one of us to move forward. This is a moment and in time. If you have any further information, we encourage you to contact us. Were call our office. Called to do everything that we can, not just to prevent future death, but to end systemic racism. We are deeply interconnected and we need each other. Thank you very much. Good afternoon. My name is justin. Council plays an advisory role to the governor and legislature on issues that impact the africanamerican community. I want to commend the governor for taking this action today. That is exactly what our community needs. Need action. Ofhave over 150 years policing in this state with a body of evidence that suggests that there are gross violations of the civil rights of black people in the state of minnesota. When i think about what our ancestors did with less, we have looked at this problem for years. Here, we are standing today to take action. I want to say that to the community, that this is not the end of the fight. We have so much more work to do. An investigation is great and called for. We still need to make changes to the board for the licensing of officers and we need to look at all of the options in front of us. Now is not the time to give up. Get on the phone and call every Single Person who represents the area where you live. Make sure that they know that this needs to be a priority. To make sure the commissioner has the support that they need to deliver on this issue for our community. , across thenklin river with castillo. George floyd. Blacksmith. Many others who did not have a black lives Matter Movement to support them before now have had their lives taken. Them time that we remember and honor them with our efforts to fix this systemic problem. I spent a lot of time on the phone with people from greater minnesota. Pastors who are calling to ask what they can do to help. They say to me, this is like a heart and prayer problem. I want to be clear that our people know how to pray. We have all kinds of love in our heart. This is a systemic problem created by people, reinforced by people and that needs to be addressed by the people. Nation, i want to say to the nation, you may not know a lot about minnesota. This is the only thing you need to know. Nobody appreciates good weather like minnesotans. We had locked inside all winter long and as soon as it hits 45 degrees, we are outside in shorts. What does that teach us . If you have an opportunity, you take it. I expect, fully that the governor, our commissioner, Lieutenant Governor, all the leadership of the state takes full advantage of this ourrtunity to transform policing system in the state. Watch andhe nation to support and do what you can. Thank you. I am john harrington. I just want to reflect for i wrap up what happened last night and what you just heard. Years. Been a cop for 40 i have lived in this system that they are talking about reforming. Year, aived last working group to look into how do we fix the tragedies that george floyd was the most recent example of . Change. Ize the need for that working group that we chaired highlighted the need for change. I talked to the cops that i have worked with to tell you that they want change. In ado not want to live flawed system. They do not want to be wearing gas masks. They do not want to be online at patrol riot patrol duty. From the inside toa squad car, racing down get to another tragedy. You do that facetoface, persontoperson, human to human. I want you to know that the department of Public Safety is 100 behind this. The department of Public Safety sees this as an absolute priority and a need. The climate of what we would Call Community policing. What i was taught is two words. Community and policing, but it starts with community. It has to start with community. The police have to be in their with them to make this right. We started out last night in the community with 2000 people at the governors residence. Oldhing the pictures of my knee. Ment taking a it warmed my heart. Of all the me Different Community events that we spent our time together with community. We recognize that they do not always see us as the officer friendly that we think of from the good old days, but that is exactly where good cops should be is with their community. We bleed with them and we each year with them. There were people who made the decision that they wanted to stake out their territory by using civil disobedience to make their point that racism and brutality has to stop. Because we were doing that cooperatively once again, i got to see my state troopers and guys there, not locked and loaded, not standing as some rigid soldier, but as human beings, standing with the community, talking with the community. Talking and engaging with them because that is where this all begins. We did make arrests last night. It has really helped us to keep the peace. That is what it is therefore and we are using it to keep the peace. Did. 66 were arrested another 68 in ramsey county. Curfew those were for violations. Of weaponsd a number from people last night. 13 guns. It highlights the need for why the curve was put in place. It allows us to separate those who were there for the purposes and want to have their needs recognized. We are there to be that separation between the two. We continue to see a large crowd at the floyd memorial. A wonderfully peaceful, joyous group, being together with each other. Couldcognition that they there and hold each other close and feel like they are ok that base. We did have several crashes last night. It appears that might be a new tactic that we are seeing. Three or four rammed squad cars at different times during the night. We made some arrests. 13 guns were taken off of the street. Today we recognize there are several different groups exercising their First Amendment right. If you go up to the capital, what you will see up there are cops. You will see National Guard guys not locked and loaded, not prepared for battle, handing out andr, talking to people letting people get close. Letting people come right within their humanity, so that they can know that we feel their pain and that we suffer with them. You will see high visibility to go out. Guardations of national and Minnesota State patrol. Making sure that bad things do not happened and we can respond quickly, if they do. Our team. Ave we have been pleased that we have not needed to employ hardly any gas at all. Theave released in temperature change in terms of the kind of protest that we have been seeing. We stood up a new asset based on lots of calls. Marshal tostate fire give me how many fires we have had. 87 fires in the past five days. Of fires. T two 87 ise or an enormous number. We pulled together a working task force. Marshal out of my office and minneapolis and st. Paul Fire Department to that unit. To work thatting list of fires to find where are the commonalities and the criminal threads . They are collecting incendiary devices that we have been hearing stories about but we had not physically gotten our hands on them. Picking those up so that we can bring those back. We will use those as evidence as on the criminal side of the investigation. Many of those fires were deliberately set. It is a crime, simply by statute. It was your business that was burned up. It was your mom and store. It was where momandpop store that was burned up. It was your life that went up in smoke, not just property. Not just stuff. It was the end of some businessesife life. They may never be able to rebuild. We are planning on continuing our operation. I want to say that the curfew will again be in place from 10 00 p. M. Tonight to 4 00 a. M. Tomorrow. Tonightin, 10 00 p. M. To 4 00 a. M. Tomorrow we have the curfew in place. Help us keep the peace. Stay home. Stay close to your loved ones. Stay inside. Let First Responders do our job with people who will be deliberately out there to create harm. That is what the curfew helps us to do. You have done an amazing job, minnesota. The twin cities have done a great job helping us get after this thing in a meaningful way. Youeed one more night from to do this. Do, whatre trying to our objective is, what the governor test need to do is to bring people together to keep peace on the streets. After 40way to do that plus years is community policing. Withnity policing start the community. This task force, this working group, this is semblance of agencies that have been brought together around the riots that happened here. We were in Emergency Response group when we started and we can go back there, if we have to come up at the direction we are going, the direction the commanders are taking us is back to community policing. A time when we talk with the community and work with the community to keep our community safe. Inc. You everyone for your work on this. Lieutenant governor, thank you. This window of opportunity opened, but it will not stay open for long. As you are seeing it, to go back to where we were. It is an important thing. I have heard so many people telling me the anxiety they are feeling from covid19 and now this is unbearable. Children and adults are dreading when the sun goes down. What is going to happen . Pins and needles. They are hoping that they can go back, which we want to get to that sense of security, as part of community, so you can make the choice to get up in the morning and go for a run, golson, spend time with your family, do your job or whatever. That sense of not feeling anxiety. I had a lot of Community Members tell me, you know that sense of anxiety you have . I have it driving my car because i am black. I had it all the time, in certain situations because how i am viewed. Just restore order and everything will be fine. For some, that is our only issue here. Until we can make this state and our society one, when that anxiety goes away because everybody feels the same sense of security and the system is there to serve them . That is the only way we can prevent this from happening again. I prayed to god that no other governor has to mobilize a force to be on the streets to put out fires and to stop what we saw happen. The only way i will ensure that does not happen everyone who follows is to take this moment and make systemic change. Let me tell you that it is one step of the many. I will let the commissioner on this. Good question. Thank you very much for your question. The minnesota apartment of human rights enforces the human rights act. Enforcing the as strongest civil rights laws across the country. What is going on at the federal level is different. Those are federal law issues. Investigationly that is looking at systems change within minnesota, using minnesota law. Other investigations are primarily about criminal investigations, looking to hold people personally accountable. This is looking at systemic changes across the board. The feds are if doing an investigation. This is definitely an investigation that we are doing. [indiscernible] thank you for that question. This is very much the work that we do every day. We have a Phenomenal Team that right now is investigating one of hundreds of cases of discrimination across the state. The way these cases work is that a charge of the discrimination is filed and an investigator is assigned to the case. A neutral investigation process moves forward and there is a determination made on whether or not there is discrimination under the law. We work throughout the entire process to come to solutions quickly. We try to dispute resolution process and we do that because we want to get to solutions and structural change. We always look to settle cases quickly. The process is similar. Is aifference is that this big thing that is going on here. This is a civil rights investigation into the Minneapolis Police department. Why this is an important moment is because we have heard from leadership across the city, how important it is to make systemic changes and how they have been working on and will continue to these systemic changes, to be able to have the enforcement action by the state in place, it can help make these systemic changes happen. [indiscernible] that is a great question and it is the one the community is asking. It is one that they should immediately respond to. How is this going to be different . . Hat is the outcome of this a Police Department that serves its people and has the trust of the people it serves. People can trust that it is being done. How do we go about doing that . This one is different because of the actual concrete things that will be put in place. It is not our intention to find a scapegoat or something that sometimes happens and then you move on. It is to make cultural changes changes. To systemic our hope is that we can make quick changes, that we can do something instantly in partnership with city leadership to get to a place where we can start moving forward. We obviously want to get to the place where we are doing systemic change, which is a longer process. We will use our investigation method to get to a place where we can get to a consent creek, which has the strength of the court, which is enforced for many years by the court and provides accountability. This is not a report. This is something that will resort result in court action and required change. That is the difference. This withrecedent for federal cases. There is precedent for this at the state level as way as well. In chicago, they entered a Consent Decree, similarly to work on Police Reform just like this. Thank you for that question. I do not have any specifics. We really want to make sure that we are listening and working with city leaders as we come together on this. Move tell you that we must quickly right now. We have already been in a lot of conversations and we are hoping that everyone is behind this because we know that we will get farther and do more, if we can all do this together. Sure. Thank you. That is what a Consent Decree requires. There are penalties from the court, if it is not followed appropriately. So a Consent Decree is something that we would work through to get there. It is very much in interest of. Veryone to agree on that that will result in the real change that needs to happen. We can talk further about all the details of a Consent Decree at a different time. They do not see a problem . Yeah. There lies the problem. We know that systemically, it is there. When they have cultural issues, that is one of the hardest things. We will work to make that possible. This is coming externally because of the need to change. They serve the community. We need to dominate on the street and do this. None of us do that. The same way i am there to make sure i am a public servant, i do not make the decisions. We are not naive. I think all of you in this room have been around these. This will get done. The public is demanding it. If there is a Single Person who thinks that we are going back through what we did, i cannot imagine that. If you stand up and say there is no issue here, you will find that history will wash over you in a tide that we have not seen. The charge was filed earlier today and it was served to the city of minneapolis around 1 00 this afternoon. Not starts the investigation process right there. We had a team in our office. Our lead investigator is a former Police Officer himself. That process will work itself out over the next several months. That is a longerterm process. We are really hoping that it is something. I have been listening to the mayor and city leadership. I have heard over and over again how everyone is hungry for change. I am hoping it is something that we can work weekly on because of shared values and goals. Yes. I want to make sure i am answering the right question about the outcomes from our agent. There can be a lot of recommendations on policy, from how you are enforcing. Crowd control was last dated in the 1990s. That is something that could be very easily changed. There are pieces that we have to own as well. For instance, around the residency requirement that are statute. Atue we had to do this together. Have to do this together. [indiscernible] my understanding is he is ill in custody. I am waiting for a conversation on charges and what the charges would be. He was booked for criminal assault in the second degree. Our investigation would be turned over to the county attorney and they would make a decision on what the appropriate charge would be. I should have more information, given the timing of his arrest. [indiscernible] under . Ge he was booked it would be similar. We would make an arrest and we have the best information at the time. You go in and you do the cool evidence and the interviews. You find out that there might be different facts that change the dynamics of that. Charges. Amend the the original charge would have been what he was booked under. [indiscernible] we want to make sure that we cover all of that ground. We have covered the same that you have referred to you. This was an incredibly dangerous thing to do. 70 Miles Per Hour heading into a crowd. Multipled have been a fatality incident. Would have been looking at a serious charge. We want to make sure that even though no one was killed, that we are still getting to the right charge to hold them accountable. [indiscernible] i do not and. When used only have a group of people run out into traffic, how fast can you get the traffic stopped becomes problematic. We had a very quick response. Under different circumstances, i would have preferred to have the highway shut down hours before. There would be little to no chance of having that happen. Even when we have roads blocked, we see people driving around our barricades. From a Lessons Learned perspective, but would have preferred to have those completely sealed off. Working the file, to make sure that would happen. That was not available at the time, so we did the best that we could to get the roads shut down, so we would not have a tragedy, when thousands of people left u. S. Bank and emerge onto the state freeway. I feel like we tried to do the best that we can. If i had better timing or circumstances, i would have done it differently. [indiscernible] from a consent agreement . Is that what you are asking . [indiscernible] absolutely. There is an article from the Marshall Project that i shared this morning that outlines that. I do not feel like i can quote it accurately. Lot. Cally, there is a hink some of these forms they do not just benefit community, but they benefit policing. It is important to keep the main thing the main thing, which is safe communities. That is ultimately what we are working towards is to have safe communities. , we came out and said we need ellison on the job. We need a civil rights investigation. We want to look at the post board. The licensing of peace officers. Need to look at setting and integrity standard. If you are going to be an officer and serve the community, there needs to be in integrity standard. Just like most of us, if you violate a policy of truthfulness or the sanctity of life, that is because to lose your job. I am thankful that they took that action. We need to do that in more situations. Example that is not a good example. We are dealing with a cancer and forgive me for anybody struggling with that. That is what is going on with Law Enforcement. It is rotten from the inside out and we have to cut that out and provide necessary treatment to fix the system. Cannotot serious and we turn a blind eye to it. I would like them to have subpoena power to address complaints. One of the officers had over 19 complaints filed against them. That is insane and it makes no sense that he would continue to give someone a badge and a gun to patrol my neighborhood with that many complaints. These kinds of behavior have been perpetuated for a long time. Need to take a look at the strong reforms. One thing i will say about consent agreements. People remember the tragic story of freddie gray. Police worktury that the Obama Administration did. It. St lost there are so many examples of reforms that we can put in place. The work ellison that they did this past year. There are tons of ideas. Speaking to republicans about ideas that they have to address these concerns. We need everybody on this project. Thank you. Lieutenant governor has been making decisions on these. Thank you for the question. Where are the answers . Where are the policies . We are not in a place where we can throw our hands up. They have been putting forward policies and ideas around Police Reform since our founding. Now there is an opportunity for the governor and i to work in close contact to move these things forward. We have additional ideas that we would like to be part of the proposals that come directly out of the work of commissioner harrington and ellison. Here is what i would say. There are a lot of people interested. Elected leaders who want to visit with people and have prayer circles. All of those things are important, but the most important thing that leaders can do right now is to listen. To listen directly to tomunities of color and inten to the black community particular about addressing systems of racism that exist in the state. Let this work happen. As far as your question regarding the additional work that we need to do in the special session, that is certainly on our hearts and minds. If we do not take action this session and take this opportunity as justin mentioned, i do not see how we can move forward as a state at all. This is the time and the moment. We have solutions that have come directly from the community and it is time to move them forward. Reiterate whato the commissioner said. We need the publics help in this commute investigation, that is going back 10 years. If youhave information, have had an experience that you believe is important to this investigation, please visit the department of human rights website or call them at 6515391100. I have been out in the community over the last several days and we have heard these firsthand, about the concerns and how unsafe people feel in their communities because of the mpd. This is an opportunity to make change and to have peoples voices heard. Thank you all and we will see you on our scheduling tonight. I would just once again echoed the message that we had a beautiful day. We have ample opportunities expressing our rights with our neighbors. With thee out there National Guard are there to protect your rights. We are asking you to help us out to honor that curfew. That gives us the opportunity to establish this. Talking about that special session, i will send my strong encouragement, that as we look at a bonding bill and some of the things that we need to do, focusing on these communities. If we allow that it cannot happen. We need to we are seeing outside groups coming in. The state of minnesota, whether you live in mankato or down in winona, it is in our best interest to Stay Together to make sure the community is rebuilt and we get done. We do not have it at this time, but we are assessing at this time. Currentrying to get as information as we can get. We have watched the last two nights, minnesotans have responded tremendously. The ones down on 38th are the ones who will really make sure that the nights are safe. Commissioner harrington will brief me later in the evening and we had our first briefing in the morning around 6 00 or so. We will be back. It is happening, as far as the conversation. Representatives from the twin the congresswomen have been in conversation with us. We have expressed our desire there. We will follow up. Pardon me . He yes. We will start moving true troops. It does not impact those on the mission. Thank you. Livere is a look at the coverage wednesday. 10 00 a. M. Eastern on cspan, rob Robinson Stein testifies before the Senate Judiciary committee as part of the investigation into the pfizer process and how it was used during the fbi russia probe. That is followed by the confirmation hearing for the white house budget director. Cspan2, jim clyburn speaks with the Washington Post about race overions and the protests the death of george floyd. The senate is back at 10 00 a. M. To consider executive and judicial nominations. Thean3 at 9 00 a. M. , confirmation hearing for the nominees picked to Service Members of the United StatesPostal Service board of governors. Cspan has unfiltered coverage of congress, the white house, the supreme court, and Public Policy events. From the president ial primaries to the impeachment process. 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