May, june, democrats tried to jolt the senate into action but almost every time we try to pass much needed legislation by average americans, our republican colleagues objected. Unemployment claims reach 50 million. The number of cases top 3. 8 million as the virus resurged over the past several weeks. More than 140,000 americans have died, still, Senate Republicans wanted to in the words of their leader quote hit the pause button and assess the conditions in the country before providing anymore relief. The country was burning, Senate Republicans led by leader mcconnell said, lets wait longer and see how this goes. Like President Trump, they were hoping it would go away. Ignoring all of the Scientific Evidence but paying to the hard right which did not want to spend money no matter what the cost to america. Now, it seems our republican friends have finally found the motivation to do another emergency relief bill, even they with their heads still half in the sand have to see the crisis t
Floyds, refusing to let up, get up even is the man beneath him beg for life and lost consciousness. Then he spent another 60 minutesen after hed fallen silent growing the number of witnesses to begged h him to see the obvious that the man under his knee was unresponsive. He was dying. As a mom there are not words to describe that gut wrenching feeling of hearing someone cry out forsoir their mother in a moment of such desperation. His death was unnecessary and heartbreaking it was a tragedy butyi horrifyingly is not an anomaly. From eric garner who told us six years ago he could not breeds, to merit rice never made it to his 13th birthday the senseless killing of unarmed black americans at the hands of Law Enforcement has become an all too common occurrence. The outrage in horror and anger to many people would appear to believe is normal. It is not. Let it we cannot let ourselves become numb to whats in front of us. George floyd was someone son with his dying breath called out for his
Ms. Duckworth first he said i cant breathe. Then he called out mama for his late mother. Last monday, in broad daylight, george floyd was slowly, publicly killed by someone whose responsibility was to protect and serve. Officer Derrick Chauvin who has since been rightfully fired spent about three minutes ignoring floyds cries of pain. Refusing to move his knee from floyds neck, refusing to let up, to get up, even as the man under him begged for life and lost consciousness. Then he spent roughly another six minutes after floyd had fallen silent, ignoring the growing number of witnesses who begged him to see the obvious, that the man under his knee was unresponsive, that he was dying. As a mom, there are not words to describe the visceral, gutwrenching feeling of hearing someone cry out for their mother in a moment of such desperation. George floyds death was unnecessary and heart breaking. It was a tragedy but horrifyingly it was not an anomaly. From eric garner who told us six years ag
The presiding officer the senator from illinois. Ms. Duckworth as if in legislative session, i ask unanimous consent that the Senate Judiciary committee be discharged from further consideration of senate bill 1938 and the senate proceed to its further consideration. Further, that the bill be read a third time and passed and that the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table with no intervening action or debate. The presiding officer is there objection . Mr. Graham yes. The presiding officer the senator from South Carolina. Mr. Graham senator duckworth, i think we can probably get there if we talk. We got this thing at 5 30 last night. Its a Grant Program to try to drive better policing, less bias. I get that. Count me in for that concept. There is a civilian review process about prosecutorial decisions. I dont quite understand it. Senator lee came up and asked me questions about the bill. With no animosity, i object at this time. I hope we can get it part of a bro
It colored a lot of the good news and sent the averages higher. The s p advanced. 38 . The nasdaq 1. 34 . The chief example, theres nothing more positive for the consumer than price competition. Consumers get so much good out of companies that compete with each other. We often forget, for example, just how fantastic the internet is to price competition. I remember when i was growing up as a teenager, if you took a rival ad in the paper to Lafayette Radio in philadelphia, they would match the price equal to any stereo. That was just a marvel to me. Back then they would cut price just because they wanted your business so badly you brought in an ad. These days you simply go on amazon, look at who has the lowest prices for the same equipment, and you click to buy it and it comes to your door. Of course, while this is amazing for consumers, its totally not just for a defunct store like Lafayette Radio. It disappeared years ago. Also for the lace circuit city and radio shack, which seems on