President announcing an executive order, steps, and incentives. Without objection the chair is authorized to declare recess at any time. Two, thee 11 clause adopting of an amendment for which the yeas and nays are recorded. We havent you militarize and distribution list dedicated to circulating amendments. Exhibit motions and other written materials members may want to offer as part of the hearing. If you would like to submit material submi them to the email address submitted to your offices and we will circulate them as quickly as we can. I would ask members in person and remotely to mute your microphones when you are not speaking. This will prevent feedback and technical issues. You may unmute yourself when you seek recognition. Before we begin, i want to note the passing of the beloved wife of our colleague jim sensenbrenner. She was a tireless advocate for people with disabilities. She was a loving companion for 43 years. I know i speak for everyone on the committee in offering our
Sensenbrenner family and the barr family with the tragic losses they have endured in the last 48 hours. It was powerful testimony received last week as well from mr. Floyd and mr. Underwoods sister, and we have continued to see in this country, individual and institutional tragedies that must move us to act. Otherwise, they will persist. We are not helpless. People in the streets feel helpless. They feel like they are not being listened to. But we are not helpless. We are elected to bring the change that they are calling for. But i think it is important for us to calibrate were all of us are at because it sounds like my colleagues on the others want to welcome and embrace and work with us on needed Police Reforms. Not to say all cops are bad cops. But that we are seeing two men exceptions today. I say that as the son of a police chief, the brother to two Police Officers, and a former prosecutor myself. Things have to change. No one is talking about, in this the police. Talking about po
President is prepared to take. U. S. Park police and others near Lafayette Park used tear gas, flash bang grenades and rubber bullets to aggressively push back a peaceful crowd 30 minutes before the d. C. Curfew went into effect. Why was this assault undertaken . It wasnt to step inside st. Johns church and offer a prayer for george floyd, his family, or the countless other americans who have been victims of police brutality. It wasnt to reflect on the pain and division that is rife within our country and to contemplate what action he could take to heal our nation. Like president lincoln often did during the civil war. The president crossed the street, aggressively cleared Peaceful Protesters for a photo op that meant to say he was strong and he was in charge. Unfortunately for him, it had the opposite effect. President trumps rhetoric and some of the events that have occurred are not ones that many of us ever thought we would see on american streets or hear from an american president.
Color for criticizing the United States and being what he called unamerican. He wrote in his nowinfamous tweet why dont they go back and help fix the totally broken and crimeinfested places from which they came . Well, of course, they came from parts of america. But immediately the president was attacked by democrats, the media and others as a racist. The targets representatives alexandria ocasiocortez, rashida tlaib, ilhan omar and Ayanna Pressley are all, of course, american citizens, and all but omar were born in the United States. So the president s assault was a particularly controversial one, evoking racist taunts against people of nonwhite ethnic backgrounds that have been made throughout history. Now, its the also true that the four nicknamed the squad have been vocal in their condemnation of america. And its no doubt that they occupy the far left of the american political spectrum. The president denied that hes a racist, repeatedly, but the controversy rages on. Is so what are
Color for criticizing the United States and being what he called unamerican. He wrote in his nowinfamous tweet why dont they go back and help fix the totally broken and crimeinfested places from which they came . Well, of course, they came from parts of america. But immediately the president was attacked by democrats, the media and others as a racist. The targets representatives alexandria ocasiocortez, rashida tlaib, ilhan omar and Ayanna Pressley are all, of course, american citizens, and all but omar were born in the United States. So the president s assault was a particularly controversial one, evoking racist taunts against people of nonwhite ethnic backgrounds that have been made throughout history. Now, its the also true that the four nicknamed the squad have been vocal in their condemnation of america. And its no doubt that they occupy the far left of the american political spectrum. The president denied that hes a racist, repeatedly, but the controversy rages on. Is so what are