And to justify this crucial for decades. The police violence, racial bias and the lack of transparency and accountability and law enforcement. Unlike the republican bill, the justice and policing act will bring sorely needed accountability to the Police Officers were guilty of misconduct including the qualified immunity report and io the use of force standards and policies. A if they want to understand why they had enough votes to proceed gyesterday, the republican policing failed because it wasnt a serious enough effort at reform. The legislation itself was so weak and narrow it could hardly be considered a constructive starting point. Thats why more than 130 Civil Rights Organization who wants nothing more to see progress on these issues strongly urge the senators to oppose the republican bill. The because of the deeply problematic and incremental approach. Thats why the lawyer representing the families of george floyd and Breonna Taylor said he was shocked that the republican bill could even be thought of as legislation. As i said the other day, i know my friend from South Carolina is trying to do the right thing, but the problem we have so many civil Rights Groups have come bf this is the substance of the bill, and with the way the republican leader and leader olmcconnell who continues set up the process, they drifted a little on its own and instead of putting it through the committee where the parties could analyze and demand, they dropped on the floor and dared democrats to block it. Let me be very clear, the debate on the policing reform is only over for those who want it to be over and maybe those who never truly wanted this debate in the first place. Because the truth is by the end of the day today, the house will have the most serious policing reform bill in decades and here theyve been clear we want to sit down with our colleagues and try to negotiate a bipartisan product that can goro through committee and come to the floor. As i said a week ago i know my friend from South Carolina is trying to do the right thing. Leader mcconnell decided to go about this the wrong way, the partisan way. Lets start over. I have no doubt we can arrive at legislation to bring comprehensive lasting change the protesters, Civil Rights Organization and the families of george floyd, Breonna Taylor demand. The pandemic continues to spread across the United States. Yesterday afternoon, the New York Times reported that new cases of covid19 are now at the highest levels of the United States since the month of april. 35,000 new cases were identified on tuesday of own. Florida is not far behind. The rising cases, scientists warned are not explained by the current rate of testing in this country. One of the reasons the nation has struggled to continue the virus is president of trumps complete mismanagement of the governments response. In the early days of the virus, the lack of attention led to a shortage of ventilators and painfully damagingly slow rampup of testing. Four months into the virus as the case numbers continue to grow in so many places, the president s lack of attention to a failure to overcome the pandemic. The president gallivanting from state to state Holding Political rallies in the most affected areas the president joked, or perhaps didnt joke about instructing his administration to slow down for testing because the number of the virus cases might become apparent. Can you believe that . Againni for the presiden, the pe administration to slow down the testing please because the number of cases might make him look bad. Whether it was a joke or not, it isnt a joking matter. Its serious stuff. And throughout the struggle, the administration has been late to the debate were asleep at the switch and doing things that actually harm rather than help. Yesterday there were reports that the administration would in fact halt federal funding for a number of communitybased testing sites many of which are in a state that is getting hit hard. So the administration is actually preparing to slow down the testing amazingly enough, good strong testing and Contact Tracing is the key, but this president seems to be going to his Legal Defense not paying attention to the crisis doing whats necessary to get a handle on it. We are witnessing the highest number of new cases since april, and the Trump Administration is cutting testing in some of the worst hotspots. A terrible decision a had a terrible moment, but unfortunately not atypical of this administrations total ineptitude. The capital loss today for the Trump Administration is filing briefs in the Supreme Court in an attempt to invalidate the Nations Health law at the time when roughly 27 million americans have lost jobbased Health Coverage and the only backstop or the x. Changes in the health care of all and they are proposing to get rid of it. With the denomination of somebody so antivoting rights on the floor to go to the fifth circuit, total contradiction of what they say is what they do. From the beginning the president has downplayed the severity of the disease spreading misinformation about how to stay safe and put his political interest in this desire for credit and avoidance of pain above the medical needs and safety of thean american people. As a result, president of trump has helped put America First the number of cases in the world. And unfortunately, madam president , the situation is not much better in the senate. Its been two months since the passage of the last relief legislation. Democrats hope to continue the work that produces the care act in april, may and june to no avail. The house passed the act over a month ago which includes hazard pay, housing assistance, Unemployment Insurance extend it and aidd to state and local governments but as it continues to spread, unemployment is going to be skyrocketed said they feel no urgency to act immediately. More than 40 million unemployment claims, another 1. 5 million this week alone and still, leader mcconnell, the Republican Senate doesnt feel the urgency to act . Deleter originally said it was likely during june. Now hes saying late july. A few days ago the republican leader said that, quote, if there is something that is going to happen it will emerge in the senate it will begin in my office. Once again, leader mcconnell is to prepare partisan pronouncements to bipartisan legislation. The same field approach that they laid the care act two months ago and failed yesterday on the policing reform will only delay and other emergency relief bill and such will be measured in deserted stores and footprints. One other point, the lack of oversight. This morning they announced 1. 4 billion of relief checks were sent to people who were dead. Where is the oversight, its a 3 trillion package and every small bitat of oversight that republicans have done has had to be pushed by democrats. We should have far more robust oversight on what is happening as well as moving forward on a new bill. Democrats are not going to wait until july to bring attention to these issues. Next week on the floor we will ask our colleagues to take some important legislation on housing and rental assistance, hazard pay for essential workers, paid relief, letting schools opened safely and aid to the local and tribal governments. With cases rising in more than 20 states with emergency Unemployment Insurance for American Families set t to expie cannot wait another month to act. I yield back the floor. For the next week the senate will be debating the most important ofof