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Contact: Speaker’s Press Office, 202-226-7616 Washington, D.C. – Marking one year since the murder of George Floyd, Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Congresswoman Karen
May 25, 2021 Press Release
Washington, D.C. – Marking one year since the murder of George Floyd, Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Congresswoman Karen Bass and Members of Congress held a photo opportunity with the Floyd family ahead of a meeting to discuss progress on passing the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act. Below are the Speaker’s remarks:
Speaker Pelosi. Good morning, everyone. There are many honors afforded as Speaker of the House and Members of Congress – none that surpass the honor we have today to welcome the family of George Floyd back to the Capitol.
They’ve been here before to help us pass the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act. On that day they said – in honor of Gianna, beautiful Gianna – would we name the bill in honor of George Floyd? My response was, ‘Only if it meets your standards.’ And here we are today, hoping to pass a bill named for George Floyd that meets his standards.
Madam Chair,
The UK joins other participating States in condemning the actions on 23 May by the Belarusian authorities, who arrested journalist Roman Protasevich having forced his flight to land in Minsk.
The Belarusian authorities claim that this was in relation to an alleged bomb threat, but we have seen no evidence to support that claim. What we have seen is that Belarus scrambled a MiG fighter, forced the plane to divert to Minsk and then used the emergency landing as an opportunity to arrest a prominent journalist.
We understand that Mr Protasevich was detained on spurious charges. The video released yesterday evening of Protasevich’s alleged confession is shocking and distressing to watch. We are deeply worried by his continued detainment and treatment. It’s yet another shocking assault on human rights and freedom of the press by the Belarusian authorities. The UK calls for his immediate and unconditional release and the release of all other political prisoners in Bela