Confirmation vote expected on that nomination. Also this week, debate and votes on Police Reform legislation introduced by South Carolina republican senator tim scott. The president pro tempore the senate will come to order. The chaplain, dr. Black, will open the senate with prayer. The chaplain let us pray. O god our shield, look with favor upon our senators today. Guide them around the obstacles that hinder their progress, uniting them for the common good of this great land. Free them from anxiety and fear, as they put their trust in you. Lord, enable them to go from strength to strength, fulfilling your purpose for their lives in this generation. Guide them to use their abilities and talents to accomplish your holy will. Striving to please you, help them to stand for right and leave the consequences to you. We pray in your holy name. Amen. The president pro tempore please join me in the pledge of allegiance to the flag. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america
And that will go back to the start of the senate today with remarks and i was Chuck Grassley Majority Leader Mitch Mcconnell both of them talked about Police Reform efforts. This is just shy of 15 minutes. We are taking a very important vote tomorrow on a bill called the justice act. Im proud to cosponsor this Police Reform bill and also applaud senator tim scott for his leadership in improving police accountability, while at the same time preserving the essential service that Law Enforcement provides. These are the people that maintain the peace in the respective communities around the united states. Now were ready to work with democrats on Police Reform. I hope the democrats finally are willing to come to the table. A successful vote to proceed to the justice act speaks volumes. A vote against proceeding shows the American People that politics are more important than people. Talking points are more important than change, and gridlock more important than solutions. Surely democrats wa
Booker and heres in the senate, developed in conjunction with Congressional Black Caucus and house democrats. The bill represents comprehensive strong andef enduring reforms to police department, the most forceful that a change in decades. This morning in the Senate Republicans have put forward a separate proposal led by the senator from South Carolina. Weve only had the bill for a few hours and are reviewing it but what is clear is that the Senate Republican proposal on policing does not rise to the moment. B the democratic bill has a bent on noknock warrants in federal drug cases, while thell republin bill only requires data on noknock warrants. The democratic bill has a a publicly available nationwide database on misconduct so that Abusive Police officers who were fired cant simply go to another Department Summer else in the country and get hired. The republican bill would keep such information almost entirely shielded from public view. The democratic bill bans choke holds and other
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