Ge good morning, everyone. The justice in policing act establishes a bold vision of policing in america never again should the world be subjected to witnessing what we saw on the streets in minneapolis the slow murder of an individual by Uniformed Police officer. The world is witnessing the birth of a new movement in our country. This movement has now spread to many nations around the world with thousands marching to register their horror and hearing the cry i cant breathe. People marching to demand not just change, but transformative change that ends Police Brutality, ends racial profiling, and ends the practice of denying americans the right to have the ability to sue when they have been injured by an officer that denies local jurisdictions the power to fire or prosecute offending officers. Black communities have sadly been marching for over 100 years against police abuse, but for the police to protect and serve our communitys like they do elsewhere. In the 1950s, news cameras expose the brutal horror of legalized racism in the form of segregation. The news cameras of the 1950s brutal treatment of people that did to challenge the system. News cameras exposed the world that black people did not have the same constitutional protections of freedom of speech, protest, they were not right extended to africanamericans. 70 years later it is the cell phone camera that has exposed the continuation of violence directed at africanamericans by police and exposed the reality that the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness is not guaranteed to all africanamericans at all time. Now the move is accountability has become a rainbow movement, refer to the wonderful diversity of our nation and the world. The power of this movement while congress to act, passed legislation that that not only holds Police Accountable and increases transparency, but assist Police Departments to change the culture. I know change is difficult, but i am certain that Police Officers, professionals who risk their lives every day are deeply concerned about their profession and do not want to work in an environment that requires their silence when they know there are fellow officers abusing the public. Certain Police Officers would like to be free to intervene and stop an officer from using deadly force when it is not necessary. I am Certain Police officers want to make sure they are trained in the best practices in policing. A profession where you have the power to kill should have a profession that requires highly trained officers that are accountable to the public. Embarking on a journey toward a new vision toward policing in america is only possible because of the incredible leadership in the house of representatives. We now have over 200 cosponsors in the house and the senate. Toaker pelosi says she wants see a bold, transformative effort, and this is exactly what justice in policing will do. Join me in welcoming the most powerful world that woman in congress and the nation, madam speaker. Pelosi thank you very much, karen bass, for your tremendous leadership. Under the leadership of karen bass, many of us had the privilege last year of going to ghana to observe the 400th anniversary the first slave going across the atlantic. There was no United States, but going across the atlantic, it was horrible. The kidnapping, the purchase of those slaves, the dungeons in which they were kept and if they survived that, to be on a slave ship, and if they survive for that, to be sold into slavery, and everything that came from that. In marchere in selma we saw at bryan stephensons one of his museum museums, a heartbreaking display of little mama, mama, has anyone seen our mother . These children separated by from their mothers. The cruelty of that. That is why when george floyd called out for his mother when knee inubjected to that the neck, it was the continuation of horror that has existed in our country for some time. Our established leader, mr. Clyburn join karen bass, leader harris, congresswoman senator harris, senator in emancipation hall, aptly named for those that built the capital of the net it states, in their honor. We were there for eight minutes and 46 seconds on our knees. My members will attest it is a very long time. It is a very long time. I graciously led them in falling over falling over when it was over so they could do the great the same thing. Here we are, the martyrdom of george floyd gave the American Experience a moment of national anguish as we grieve for the black americans killed by Police Brutality. Today, that moment of national anguish is being transformed into a movement of National Moment of national action. As americans across the country peacefully protest to demand an end to injustice. Today, with the justice in policing act, congress is standing with those fighting for justice and taking action. Let us, my colleagues, go over some of those names of martyrdom george floyd, jackson davis, so sad, breonna prichard,rrence philando castile, freddie gray, walter scott, tamir rice, martin,brown, trayvon peered sean bill. Joshua johnson. He will love. Speaker pelosi thank you. We cannot settle for anything less than transformative, structural change, which is why the justice in policing act will remove barriers to prosecuting Police Misconduct and covering damages by addressing the quality immunity doctrine. It will demilitarize police by limiting the transfer of military weaponry to state and local Police Departments. It will combat Police Brutality by requiring body and dashboard cameras, banning chill close, no knock warrants, and and racial profiling. Lynching,nally make mr. Hoyer, a federal hate crime, chairwoman bass and our distinguished senators, harris, booker, and others for helping to pass hr 35 this year. Police brutality is a heartbreaking reflection of an entrenched system of Racial Injustice in america. True justice can only be achieved with full, conference of action. That is what we are doing today. This is a first step. There is more to come. In the coming weeks, the house will hold hearings, mark up the bill. The the house passes justice in policing act, leader mcconnell will sit hopefully, he must swiftly take it up. The leader of the congress and the president cannot stand in the way of justice. The congress and the country will not relent until this legislation is made into law. Clyburn, is, mr. Always getting awards for liberty and justice for all that is what this is about. That is what our distinguished leader mr. Schubert talked about mr. Schumer. I yield to the distinguished leader of the democratic senate, mr. Schumer. Senate senator schumer. Iank you, speaker pelosi, and am proud to be joined by so many of my colleagues, leader hoyer, senators booker and harris, representatives bass, jeffries, for speaking this morning, and all the support we have from so many wonderful people behind us. Over the past week, hundreds of thousands of americans have engaged in Peaceful Demonstrations against Police Violence and systemic racism. This large, Diverse Group so many of them young, gives us hope that americans are prepared to march, fight, and make this a for Perfect Union once and all. So, today, we are taking the first of many steps many necessary steps to respond to this National Pain with bold action. As my colleagues will explain, the justice in policing act proposes crucial reforms to combat racial violence and Excessive Force by Law Enforcement through strong accountability measures, increased data and transparency, and important modifications to Police Training and practices. Been done before at the federal level. In the senate, democrats are going to fight like hell to make this a reality. Americans who took to the streets this week have demanded change. With this legislation, democrats are heeding their calls. Now we must collectively all americans raise our voices and call on leader mcconnell to put this reform bill on the floor of the senate before july to be debated and voted on. Now, Senate Republicans some Senate Republicans have acknowledged egregious wrongs, but few have expressed the need for floor action. Too many have remained silent. They they are hoping the issue goes away. I promised them it will not. Democrats will not let this go away, and we will not rest until we achieve real reforms. Leader mcconnell, lets have the debate not just on tv and twitter, but on the floor of the United States senate. A divided nation cannot wait for healing, for solutions. The poison of racism affects more than our criminal Justice System. It runs much deeper than that. There are Racial Disparities in housing, health care, legislation, the economy, jobs, income, wealth, and covid has only placed a magnifying glass on them. It is our job our job is representatives of an imPerfect Union to write those wrongs. Bring the reality and promise of america into closer alignment, equal justice under law. It is one such promise. That is what this morning and the justice in policing act is all about, the centuries long struggle to make those words actually true for black americans and every american. Senator hoyer congressman hoyer. Leader hoyer. Mr. Hoyer these are serious times. I have walked across the Edmund Pettus bridge bridge 15 times handinhand with my brother john lewis. My grandchildren have been there. My daughters have been there. 2015, president obama asked us this what greater form of patriotism is there than the belief that america is not yet finished . That we are Strong Enough to be selfcritical, that each successive generation can look upon our imperfections and decide that is in our power to remake this nation to more closely align with our highest ideals . That is what the Boston Tea Party was about a some britons would say a violation of law, to redress rights. We remain a nation of imperfections. Calling out to us to be addressed with the seriousness and determination to make good ourhe promise that all created are created equal. All entitled to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, and the right to breathe. The right to have their lives matter. People cry outur i cant breathe. We have heard our people speak out black lives matter. Matter. Ves the protests we have seen in recent days are expression of rage born of despair. Today, democrats in the house and senate are saying we see you. We hear you. We are acting. Thank you, karen bass, thank you Congressional Black Caucus, leader pelosi, leadership leader schumer the killing must stop1 the carnage stop. The carnage must end. That begins with transparency and accountability. Among other provisions, this bill will increase transparency and accountability of Law Enforcement nationwide by requiring state and local Law Enforcement agencies to collect and report data. Secondly, incentivizing the creation of independent investigation structures involved in deaths, and creating best practice recommendations based on the obama administrations 21st Century Policing task force. This legislation makes it clear are Police Departments serving and are answerable to all of the residents in their , including african americans. I want to thank my colleagues that have been leading this effort in the house, chairwoman wss, chairman jeffries, and hip clyburn, and senator harris. We keep in our minds the words of our deep, departed colleague, elijah cummings. We are better than this. It is my privilege to introduce a former mayor of a aeat city in our country, representative of the state of new jersey, and a leader in this effort, senator cory booker. We are better than this. Senator booker we in america same nation,ious but we have a wildly different set of experiences with the police. Where black americans live in ,ear of Police Interactions disproportionately having our common ideals of fairness trampled. Black americans to support surely have our rights violated. Black americans disproportionately and unjustifiably experienced violence at the hands of police. Unarmed,ck americans, are killed by police at grievous and wretches rates. At this moment in america, knowledge of this and acknowledgment of this is necessary, but it is not enough. Wordsy and sympathy and of caring for those who have necessary,ffered are but it is not enough. That in all 50 states millions of americans of all ages, religious and racial backgrounds, are standing up in nonviolent protest, has made this moment possible, but it is not enough. And systemsge laws of accountability. Legislation that makes our common values and our common ideals reel him the law of our land. This bill real in the law of our land. This bill focuses on accountability and transparency in policing, specifically the federal statute that covers police may conduct, 242. It changes the statutory standard of willfulness, making that makes holding Police Accountable to difficult, and it changes that standard from being willful to being reckless disregard. It also establishes transparency , making Certification Requirements that now vary by location, where cities and towns do not share critical information with each other, making it far too easy for problematic officers to be fired in one town and easily higher in another. This bill closes a dangerous loophole by creating the First Ever National registry of policemans conduct to better record and track Police Abuses to give transparency to local citizens helping to create the necessary accountability. I want to thank the leadership and leaderpelosi schumer. I want to thank the head of the Congressional Black Caucus and all the members of the black caucus i want to thank my partner, harris for her leadership Kamala Harris for making a real piece of legislation sweeping and his store, and we must now deal with the work of making the law of the land, transforming the energy, the power, the empathy, and the love of this moment into actual changes in american federal law. I am honored to bring up my friend collect , friend, colleague, sister, and friend, senator, harris. You,or harris thank brother cory booker. Thank you to chairman nadler, chairman jeffries, and everyone for the work that so many of you have been doing for decades for decades. Shouting, and writing legislation, and requiring that americans take america take seriously this issue of policing, and take seriously the issue that when the people are marching the streets, it is because they are fully aware of this issue in america. I thank all the leaders for what you do. We are here because black americans wont stop being killed. Week, we couldnt even pass an antilynching bill in the United States senate. When we look at where we are now with this piece of legislation, we have to understand that yes, as a country we have seen great progress, but just last week in the year 2020, we cannot get an antilynching bill passed in the United States senate. Withe are here today Common Sense Solutions at least of the federal level to hold Police Accountable. But we know this is an issue that is not just at the federal level, it is at the state and local level as well, but we are here today to say in our position as leaders in our federal government, that reform and change must happen and must happen now. And lets be clear, reforming policing is in the best interest of all americans. It is literally in the best interest of all americans. Because this is a basic matter of fairness and as so many have said, justice. Also, there is a broader issue that is not being addressed in the bill. And that is what we must do as a nation to truly achieve safe and Healthy Communities. Part of what has been upside down in policing policy in confuseds that we have having safe communities with hiring more cops on the streets. As though that is the way to achieve safe communities. Fact, the real way to achieve safe and Healthy Communities is to invest in those communities, in affordable housing, and the ability for homeownership. Jobs, funding our public schools. Giving people access to capital so they can grow those Small Businesses that are part of the leadership and the health of these communities. So ours is a bill that addresses a very specific matter under a larger umbrella of all that must be addressed. When we talk about the need for safety and safe communities in , isica, this, specifically a bill about accountability and consequence, for bad behaviors affectedwho have been by society and the people with the ability to wear a badge and carry a gun. And lets be clear, many in america right now already live in places with minimum police presence. Go to any middle or upper class suburb, and you will not see the kind of presence of police that you see in other neighborhoods. But you will also see in those communities that those families have jobs that allow them to pay the bills and keep a roof over their head. You will also see thriving schools, you will also see access to Affordable Health care and families who can afford access to health care. Is wet we are doing today need to have consequence and accountability in america for policing, but we also know that this is not the way that we are going to achieve healthy and safe communities. It is but a part of a much bigger issue that we still must address. In closing, i will just mention a few of the other points in the bill that are very important and i say this as a former prosecutor, we need a national standard. Right now the question asked is to ask of the use of force, was it reasonable . Cane almost, we can we reason away just about anything. The appropriate and fair question to ask is was it necessary . Investigations, and again, as a former prosecutor i can say. Or how wellintentioned no prepared theyll are, when they are confronted with prosecuting a police in theirho served Community Every day, at the very least there will be an appearance of conflict even if none is intended. If our Justice System is to be real, there must be an appearance of justice and confidence by the public that justice is being done in that place so independent investigations and the pattern and practice investigations. Under president obama, under general holder, these were robust. When there was a finding or accusation that there was a pattern and practice within a Law Enforcement agency, the federal government would do investigations. Those under the Current Administration have practically been shut down. They need to be reinstated, but also what we are saying is to give it teeth in addition to what has been done in the past we will grow on that progress by giving the Civil Rights Division of the department of justice subpoena power, so in police comply withdo not requests, they will be required to. My final point is again that it is time for this, and im so heartened by all of the colleagues we have in the United States senate like leadership leader schumer who has banded together, there is more work to be done but i applaud all of the leaders on the stage. Id like to bring up the majority with majority whip. You, madam chair. Schumer,elosi, leader and all the other members who are here today. With liberty and justice for all. When i was a kid growing up, in south carolina, we said the pledge every morning. And it ends with that phrase. Liberty and justice for all. Knew in that we all that town was simply a vision. And when we were trying to put , i said on asponse telephone call that this gives us a tremendous opportunity to restructure things in that vision. I was marked for that. For wantinged liberty and justice for all. There is media, im not backing away from that. We are here today in search of that vision. Liberty and justice for all. Now, youve heard what was going to be in this legislation. Now, youve heard what was going to be in this legislation. Secondly, to those who are responsible for writing about it, let me say this. Exceptions, white people came to this country willingly. In search of a new world full of liberty and justice for all. With few exceptions, black people came to this country , chained,eir will shackled, they came to these shores in slave. Enslaved. And stayed that way for 244 years. Think about how long that is. Generations that is. It was a long time. A long time to be on one knee. Years, there were plenty of knees on the next of blacks who came to this country. And so as we write this legislation and as we write about this legislation, please keep those two divergent sets of experiences in mind. We are still in search of a more Perfect Union. We will always be in search of a more Perfect Union. Force inot allow any whatever office one may hold to turn the clock back. That, i am pleased to introduce and present the chair of judiciary, jerry nadler. Thank you very much. I want to begin by thanking my dear friend karen bass, the chair of the black caucus and subcommittee along with senators booker and harris and are distinguished leadership for their tremendous partnership introducing this important legislation. It has been inspiring to work alongside all of them threat this process. We have heard the terrifying from i cant breathe george floyd, from eric garner, from the millions of americans in the states calling out for revenge, for change. Our hearts ache for the loss of george floyd, breanna taylor, otherarner, and the many victims of Police Violence over the years. For every incident of Excessive Force that makes headlines, the ugly truth is that there are countless others that we never hear about. We value and respect the many brave and honorable Police Officers who put their lives on the line every day to protect us and our communities but we cannot be blind to the structure of racism and injustice that pervades far too many of our Law Enforcement agencies. Problem thattemic requires a comprehensive solution. Works been an honor to with the Congressional Black Caucus and the other sponsors to craft the justice and policing act. A historic piece of legislation. This bold, transformative, and responsible legislation will finally ban chokehold of the federal level and incentivized states to do the same, help to end racial profiling, did weapons of war off the streets, hold Police Accountable in a meaningful way, increase transparency, and require and encourage greater use of body cameras. Because all of this will also ,ddress issues on the front end by ensuring that our Law Enforcement agencies adhere to the very highest standards in training, hiring, and the escalation strategies to address systemic racism and bias, to change the culture of Law Enforcement in america, and ultimately to save lives. It creates the firstever National Accreditation standard for the operation of Police Departments, and it creates Law Enforcement development and Training Programs to establish best practices based on president obamas task force in 20 replacing. We will also reinvest in our communities and empower them to shape the future of policing through grants to communitybased organizations for task forces on policing innovation. Wednesday this week, the House Judiciary Committee will hold a hearing on the crisis of racial profiling, police lostlity, and the long trust between the Police Department and the communities they serve. I expect that what we learn will only strengthen the case for this legislation which we hope to take up in the committee in the coming weeks. The streets are flooded with protesters across the nation and around the world right now. They are outraged. They observed moments of silence is. They take a knee, they are tired of antipromises. They are demanding justice, and they are demanding action. And i say to them, we hear you, we are inspired by you, we are taking action with you, and together, we will change laws because of you and we will make a difference. I now have the great pleasure of introducing the chair of the democratic caucus. Thank you, jerry, the chairwoman bass, speaker pelosi, leader schumer, all of my colleagues in government, im appreciative of your leadership and of what this moment represents. That poisonsancer our society. Today, we take a step toward addressing it by trying to eradicate the malignant tumor of Police Brutality. Far too often, disproportionately directed at unarmed, innocent, lawabiding africanamerican men and women. Chokehold and other Police Tactics such as a knee to the breathing cuts off and results in association is a procedure that is unnecessary, unacceptable, uncivilized, unconscionable, and unamerican. Its legislation will make unlawful under our nations civil rights law. A significant number of police thertments already prohibit use of the chokehold and tactics such as a knee to the neck as a matter of policy. But it still continues to be deployed through this very moment. Thats why we need to address it, prohibit it, outlaw it, criminalize it as a matter of law. Profession, there are very good Police Officers and there are bad ones. We embrace those Police Officers who are in the community to protect and serve. But violent Police Officers, brutal Police Officers, abusive Police Officers must be held accountable. Willustice in policing act reform the doctrine of qualified immunity. In order to make sure that victims of Police Brutality can vindicate their full rights under section 1983 in our nations civil rights laws. Accountability, there will never change. Change,here is brutality will continue. And then we will be trapped in a vicious cycle of anguish and despair. Lastly, africanamericans have been in this country since before there was a country. Shores in on these 1619 inshackles shackles and as a result of our blood, sweat, tears, intellect, ingenuity, hard work, we helped to build this great country. And all weve ever wanted is to be treated equally. Worse, equally. Why has that been so difficult to achieve . Thats all we ever wanted. Equal protection under the law. Liberty and justice for all. Courtesy,th professionalism, and respect. Wanted is to be treated equally. The justice in policing act represents a strong, necessary, step in thatold direction and i thank my colleagues for their leadership and i yield to the distinguished chairwoman of the Congressional Black Caucus, karen bass. Thank you, mr. Chairman. Next year will be the 50th anniversary of the Congressional Black Caucus. 50 years ago there were 13 members of the Congressional Black Caucus, and one of them, representative metcalf, he was the one that came up with policies related to police reviews almost 50 years ago. It is in their history and legacy that we stand today to continue on, and i just want to thank all of my colleagues today because we are not in session today and you came in specifically for this. I just want to thank you for standing in solidarity with this legislation. One of the beauties of this bill is that many members of the Congressional Black Caucus have legislation in individual bills that are part of a larger bill because theyve been working on it for so long. I just want to briefly mention their names. Jackson, hank johnson, representative clay, john lewis, representative butterfield and presley. With that, i would like to open it up for questions. Because there are so many of you here today, i was wondering if you could buy a show of hands demonstrate how many of you are positive that this legislation can actually crossed the finish line, that they can actually become a law . You want us to raise our hands . Does anyone have confidence in President Trump . That one oft say the things that gives us confidence of the fact that there are thousands of people around the country marching. There is a movement that has caught fire, that is multiracial, and that has also spread around the world, and we need to think about how the United States appears around the world when we go out and promote human life. The world is looking at us. The president tweeted about law and order. How do you respond to the president s tweet . Really . Why . [laughter] that is a narrative that the areident and republicans likely to bring around this legislation. How do you respond to that and can you also on camera tell us why you are wearing the cloth and the significance of it . The significance is African Heritage and for those of you without that heritage who are acting in solidarity. Origins and respecting our past. Im happy to respond to that, but if theres anybody else who would like to. I think for us, especially when it comes to this legislation, we feel it is transformative, that it will transform the relationships that our communities have with the police, and i think that in terms of the law and order message that the president is doing, there is nothing new about that message and i do not believe it will be successful. [indiscernible] you want somebody else to respond . Many of you have heard me go to the description of what makes this country great. Wrote democracy in america, that america is not great because it is more enlightened than any other nation, but rather, because it has always been able to repair its faults. Thats what makes this country great. Rightthinking americans know that the greatness of this country is at stake. We have unveiled for whatever reason, some faults that need to be repaired. Faults in the health care system. Faults in our judicial system. , pick up any history book of america. Justld ask him to please read the history of isaac woodard, ordered a black man who came home from world war ii. On the bus from georgia trying to get the south carolina. Stopped, taken off the bus, in south carolina, by a deputy sheriff. He was in his uniform. Sheriff punched his eyes out. Is that institutional . In Law Enforcement . That has been the Foundation Upon which Law Enforcement in many parts of this country has operated. He is from arkansas. I represent the heartland of america. Missouri is just north. Im from st. Louis, missouri. Missouri is just north of arkansas, and i would suggest to any local, state, or federal official, sometimes we have to follow the will and wishes of the American People. In my statellions and around the country in small towns in missouri and throughout this nation who know there is injustice throughout this nation , that we have been treated unequally. I suggest senator cotton and the lead of the people, the American People, and get on board. Thank you. I think both republicans and house and senate say a compromise can be reached, but in order to do this, lawmakers need to be called back to the house. Speaker close it, would you like to address that one . Thats what leader mccarthy has said. Ive heard leader mccarthys comments. We we are working. We are here on behalf of the American People. Not just africanamericans, but the American People. Committees are working today. To call them going house back as soon as this legislation is ready to hit the door. And we are going to vote on it. And im confident its going to pass the house. Confident i am not that a body that has not been able to pass the emmett till lynching bill will pass this bill. I hope so. And i hope the president doesnt adapt your premise. I hope he adopts a premise of justice for all. If he does, america will be better. The Minneapolis City Council [indiscernible] part of that cry is a desire for there to be significant higher investment in communities. Looking at why police are needed, what happens, what are the causes of the problems in communities . And a lot of people feel what it comes to the budget, maybe that money could be used in different ways, and i think thats a similar issue, but the part about having a comprehensive investment in communities on behalf of the black caucus, let me just say that obviously we are focusing on this ill right do have other legislation coming along the lines in the form of jobs and justice which get that a lot of issues in the community. [indiscernible] i think the congresswoman answered your question very wearly, but the fact is that do have a great deal of legislation coming down the pipe that dresses some of the concerns of our communities across the country. One of them i wish the senate would pass right away is the heroes act. In the heroes act, we support communities, state and local governments. We support the disparity in the coronavirus that attacks committees of color, and we would hope that the senate would not ignore that and would pass legislation, and we would hope that we would put more money into the pockets of people who really need that now. And so we have that. And following that, mr. Moyer has on the schedule that before the fourth of july, hopefully, we will pass the Affordable Care act stabilization act which will provide fairness and access to Affordable Health care in our , as well as the thatstructure legislation will build america in a green way providing jobs. In 2012. At we said we were going to lower the cost of health care by lowering the cost of prescription drugs and keeping the preexisting condition benefit. We were going to Lower Health Care costs for bigger paychecks any30, clean up government Voter Suppression and the rest. These are all kinds of ways that weve come at this. The fact that the distinguished chairwoman mentioned, as she has said and others have said, if we want to work with our Police Departments, there are many who take pride in their work. We want to be able to make sure that the focus is on them. But there are many who call upon our Police Departments to deal with Mental Health issues, policing in schools and the rest, and we can rebalance some of our funding to address some of those issues more directly. That, andsnt about that should not be the story that leaves here. The story that leaves here, liberty and justice for all. Mr. Schumer has mentioned that as well, and in emancipation and mr. Obama has, too as to what modesty or humility or patriotism says we know we have to do better in certain respects. Lets focus on what lincoln said, public sentiment is everything. You could accomplish almost anything, without it, practically nothing. The public sentiment could not be clearer. We need to make some transformative change. Not incremental, transformative change. And as we do so, we will change policy as we do in this legislation, will use all the tools at our disposal to make sure that we are moving toward a more Perfect Union with liberty and justice for all and have those debates at the local level as that is a local decision at a local level. But to do so, that doesnt say were going to pile more money on to further militarize the police. No, we are going to address Mental Health issues, education issues and our communities as well. And i dont want anyone to get the impression that with some of the stuff were doing now, many of these people would be not productive members of society. They will, we just want to make it easier for them in the communities to be able to be treated equally. Our chairman of the Judiciary Committee spent his life on these issues. Everyone here knows what theyre talking about and what they are doing. And the safety of the American People is the old that oath that we take to protect and defend. We know that their safety is to do so in a constitutional way and not in some sloganeering way that the president may put forth. We feel very confident about the path we are on, not only with this legislation, but what will come next. And we will do so listening. You, andou, we see your views are important to us as we go forward. Its a pretty exciting time. This is a transformational piece of legislation, this is an important day. The martyrdom. The martyrdom of george floyd and may he rest in peace, has made a change in the world. Lets not get into these questions that may be on the small minds of some about as far as safety is concerned, but look at it at large. With that, i yield back to the distinguished chair. Two things very quickly. One, the bill does not provide any new money for policing, and two, there is a provision for grants to communities to have projects that begin to reenvision what policing might be about in a particular neighborhood. And let me also say at the speaker said, the polling for public sentiment is 80 in support of peaceful protesting where people now recognize the challenges in our policing system. Let me bring up lisa from the great state of delaware. Thank you, madam speaker, and to all of the leadership here. John lewis is not here. But he is our colleague, and he has been the conscience of the conscience of the congress. Say,hat he probably would is lets keep our eyes on the prize. Keep our eyes on the prize. Everybody in this country can do something that nobody else can do. What wehe congress, and are doing here today is our goal. There will be state and local governments that will call for things in their areas. But there was a question at the beginning where we were asked to raise our hand about our belief in whether this would happen or not. Well, i look at some of my colleagues like bobby scott and rosa and others here. When i started three years ago, 3. 5 years ago, i would not have believed that we would have had paid family leave or sick time. But the times called for it because of covid19. This is the time. This is the time. We are sick and tired of being sick and tired. Thats why you see us flying in from across the country. Because we are doing our job. For all the distractors out distraction,s of we are keeping our eyes on the prize. Eyes on theng our prize. And we need that to be the story. State and local will do what state and local needs to do. Young people, old people, black, white, native people. Wewe really want to go deep, are trying to rebuild the foundation. Thats all. So keep our eyes on the prize. [applause] with that, i think that is a great close. As we address the question of police abuse, we understand that it impacts many different theunities, not just of africanamerican community, the latino community, the native american community, and we are united in getting justice in policing passed. Thank you very much. [applause] we take you live now to new york were Governer Andrew Cuomo is giving an update on the pandemic response. You are watching live coverage on cspan. Still spiking. How remarkable is that . How remarkable is that . Congratulations to new yorkers. Its also day 15 of the civil unrest after the murder of mr. Floyd and we are dealing with two situations simultaneously and in many ways, they both compound each other. It is not just the protest, it is protests happening during thecovid situation. The protests continued yesterday all across the states, they were by and large peaceful. But the protesters are basically right. Not just a new york state phenomenon or american phenomenon, its happening all across the globe. I mean, it is amazing. I was watching this morning, protests in spain, its all across the globe. And people are saying enough is enough, and it is enough. It is. It has been the same point over and over and over again. Bring