Said. He said the last thing we need is to militarize the border. I agree. The problem is the cartels get a vote. They have militarize the border. The question is whether or not it will be militarized, but answering but entering records into the Committee Evidence showing they have grenade launchers. They have rocket launchers, they are taking out helicopters. The border is militarized. The question is whether or not our folks, the americans who would protect and preserve our country are going to be put at a disadvantage when protecting us as a consequence of this congress. Hours upon hours my democratic colleagues have said how dare you to the republicans who would inject issues that dont have anything to do with the death of mr. Floyd. Nobody in Border Patrol killed george floyd. Nobody in Border Patrol killed be on a taelor. Breonna taylor. I do know circumstance where they are involved in the type of offenses that the majority is articulating or attempting to solve. So it begs the
And chuck shumer held a News Conference to unveil Police Reform legislation. They were joined by fellow democratic members. This is one hour. Good morning, everyone. The justice in policing act establishes a bold, transformative 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 by a 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
[murmuring] the committee will be in order, we will now proceed with questions. I will begin by recognizing myself or five minutes. On may 25, in the twilight of memorial day, Derek Chauvin of the Minneapolis Police held a need to george mr. Floydonless neck, pleaded for release, repeating the words i cant breathe. Mr. Floyd, i am sure you have seen the video. Can you think of any reason why officer chauvin would need to hold his knee on your brothers for over eight minutes . I dont know why he did it, but personally i think it was personal. They worked at the same place. For him to do Something Like that, it had to be premeditated and he wanted to do it. Intentional. Yes sir. We have learned since then that he has faced 17 misconduct complaints during his career. He was named in the brutality lawsuit, he shot and critically wounded a man after a brief and nonviolent confrontation. How do you feel about the history what do you know what do you feel about the history of misconduct . He
Let me lay out the schedule. As you know we will finish the Great America outdoors bill tomorrow. Then we will go to the traditional nomination followed by the next Circuit Court by the morning ill announce forgo next to peasant will be taken one is we can go to the tim scott police bill or the and aa. The tim scott bill is close to being finished. I will let you know in the morning what we are going to have after we finish the 53rd circuit judge. I want to congratulate cory gardner, steve daines and the others who worked on the Great American outdoors act. They will get a big victory the final vote will happen tomorrow on that. That something they have been working on for a long time. Great credit to their effort to get across the finish line. Also want to thank tim scott in the group he has been working with on police reforms. I think they have done a tremendous summer amount of good work we are making Good Progress on that. I hope we can get a big vote here. It is up to the leader w
cub÷ qinutes, instead of the previous average, which was 60 minutes. Violent crime has dropped 42 in just seven years. All of this was done without a union. All this was done by freeing the department from a collectivebargaining agreement that had previously city and the City Police Department into an unholy alliance with officers who had violent and lawless tendencies. This brought a by what all observable metrics seem to circumstances, so mr. Logan, for your healing words. I appreciate your account of the progress made in camden. You mentioned the difficult balance that has to be struck in order to empower po do the difficult work and hold accountable those who disregard the justice they are entrusted to uphold. Did this restructuring that ha camden, tell me how it helps to recalibrate ter and authority you mentioned. Thank you, senator. I would say that they listen to the people, from town Hall Meetings to conversationsthey begin to hear from regular residents. I remember governor