Be permitted to control the remained ore they have time on the majority side. The speaker pro tempore without objection. He gentlelady is recognized. Ms. Bass the gentlelady from florida, representative wasserman schultz, for one minute. The speaker pro tempore the gentlelady from florida is recognized for one minute. Ms. Wasserman schultz thank you, mr. Speaker. Today we take a crucial step toward racial justice. We do it in the name of george floyd, Breonna Taylor, tony mcdavid, corey jones and all those lives unjustly taken by Law Enforcement. We mourn and say their names on the house floor because their lives and all black lives matter. So lets move to end the policing culture that lacks Real Transparency and accountability. Lets unite to ban barbaric choke holds and build a registry so Problematic Police dont just move to another town to keep a badge. Lets outlaw racial profiling and dangerous noknock warrants. This bill targets bad actors and practices and affirms the standards professional Law Enforcement set for themselves including a duty to serve and protect. Half measures are not acceptable. Not when men and women are killed because of their skin color. Lets seize this moment to dismant they will centuries of institutional racism embedded in ur Justice System. It doesnt get more american than making sure justice is meeted out fairly and without regard lets all vote for the George Floyd Justice in policing act. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman from ohio is recognized. The gentlelady from california is recognized. Ms. Bass mr. Speaker, i recognize representative pascrell from the great state of new jersey for one minute. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman is recognized for one inute. Mr. Pascrell thank you, mr. Speaker. The arc of the moral universe is long but it bends toward justice, Martin Luther king said. I want to thank chairwoman bass, chairman nadler, senator booker for their leadership on this landmark piece of legislation. We stand here today at a great moral reckoning for millions of black and brown americans. Our country is unequal unequal. The tragic murders of black and brown americans by the very people and institutions meant to protect them make clear something needs to change. I watched the protests. Ive heard the courage and cries for justice. Ive marched and today we show that this house is listening. George Floyd Justice in policy act is the largest Reform Congress has undertaken in generations. It is no half measure but a full measure. The growing divide between our men and women in blue and the public are sworn to protect is unhealthy for the democracy, it is unhealthy for Public Safety, it is unhealthy for the brothers in blue. I stand here as the cochair of First Responders and Public Safety in congress. Its time we make clear black lives matter and never forget it. Thank you and i yield back. The speaker pro tempore the gentlelady from california reserves. The gentleman from ohio is recognized. Mr. Jordan mr. Chairman, we reserve. The speaker pro tempore the gentlelady from california is recognized. Ms. Bass i yield one minute to the gentlelady from massachusetts. The speaker pro tempore the gentlelady from massachusetts is recognized. Mr. Speaker, i rise today on behalf of every black family that has been robbed of a child. On behalf of every Family Member thats been forced to see their loved one lynched on national television. Driving while black. Jogging while black. Sleeping while black. We have been criminalized for the very way we show up in the world. Ms. Bress lee under the harsh gauge of far too many my black body is seen as a threat, always considered armed. Centuries of institutionalized oppression will not be undone overnight. With the power of the pen we must legislate accountability, dismant they will systems and move in the direction of justice and heal. The justice in policing act is a step in the right direction but our work is unfinished. Theres a a rallying cry across the nation. Black lives matter is a mandate from the people. Its time. Pay us what you owe us. Our black skin is not a crime, it is a beautiful robe of nation builders. Thank you, i yield. The speaker pro tempore the gentlelady from california reserves. The gentleman from ohio is recognized. Mr. Jordan thank you, mr. Chairman. I yield to the distinguished gentleman from our great state, the state of ohio, mr. Gonzalez, for three minutes. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman is recognized for three minutes. Mr. Gonzalez thank you, mr. Speaker. While i will not be supporting this bill today i want to commebbed my colleagues for bringing this debate to the floor. Mr. Jeffries, mr. Richmond, many others who ive watched on television back in my office have spoke within a conviction and a truth that cannot be denied. As a former professional and College Football player, ive been hearing these painful stories for my entire adult life from my own teammates. Ive seen it myself. I went out in the community with some of my africanamerican friends. While i can never fully understood its effects or its impact, i know its real. And we have to address it. Around our dener tables, in our communities, and here on the house floor. Black lives have always mattered. I also know a few other important things. Number one, the American People are starving for us to Work Together. In a bipartisan way to get a passable bill on the president s desk and signed into law. This has been one of the most brutal times in our life. First the coronavirus. Then the economy. So much uncertainty. Finally the brutality enacted on george floy as he was murdered on the streets of minneapolis. Legitimate protest movements getting overshadowed by anarchists who wish to burn it all down. This has been a brutal summer and its only june. Number two, with very few exceptions this house is yined in wanting to deliver for the country. I have spoken to dozens of member on both sides of the aisle and this body wants to act. Every call that ive been on since the murder of george floyd has been a near universal desire for action and meaningful reform. We believe our bill does that. I know theres disagreement there though. But i also know were not that far apart. Finally, we all know that todays bill will not become law. I know my colleagues are sincere in their desire to enact this law but we know that this will never see the light of day in the senate and there is no chance that it will be signed into law. Yesterday on the senate floor, we saw senator scott deliver a powerful, impassioned plea for compromise and debate. True negotiation. We all know that that is the only way that we can live up to our duties as members of congress and deliver for the people of this country who so desperately need a win right now. We live in divided government whether we like it or not. And to the majority i would say, you are the majority. This choice is yours. Please do not let it slip away. I yield back. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman from ohio reserves. The gentlelady from california is recognized. Ms. Bass mr. Speaker, i yield one minute to the gentleman from california. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman from california is recognized. Mr. Speaker, i mr. Takano this is necessary and bold legislation that includes critical provisions to hold Police Accountable and to save lives and includes a ban on noknock warrants, a ban on chokeholds and a prohibition on racial profiling. Breonna, george and other innocent lives were ended by Law Enforcement that face little to no consequences and this bill reforms qualified immunity. And the majoritys idea of compromise is to strip this section out of the bill. I say no, a Police Officer held his knee for 8 minutes and 46 seconds leading to his death. This confronts the racism deeply rooted. Congress must act. Vote yes on the George Floyd Justice and policing act. I yield back. The speaker pro tempore the gentlelady from california reserves. The gentleman from ohio. Mr. Jordan reserve. Ms. Bass i yield one minute to the gentleman from california, mr. Mcnerney. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman from california is recognized for one minute. Mr. Mcnerney i thank the chair woman. Racism persists in America Today and its poison pervades our institutions creating barriers that magnify inequality and injustice. This comes as no surprise. But unform it has taken Many Americans too long to acknowledge this truth. We cannot ignore how the remnants of slavery and jim crow era maintained a strong hold, our criminal Justice System disproportionately penalizes people of color with blanket immunity for those who disregard humanand dignity. Today we have the opportunity to right these wrongs and tell the world that the u. S. House of representatives believes that black lives matter. The George Floyd Justice and policing act will make much needed reforms holding Police Accountable to combatting racial profiling. When this law passes, this will make a real difference in american life. I urge my colleagues to vote yes on this essential legislation. I yield back. The speaker pro tempore the gentlelady from california reserves. The gentleman from ohio is recognized. Mr. Jordan we reserve. The speaker pro tempore the good from california is recognized. Ms. Bass mr. Speaker, i yield one minute to the gentleman from virginia. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman from virginia is recognized for one minute. I thank my good friend from california for her brilliant leadership on this very important matter. Mr. Connolly i rise in support of this bill. Im proud to cosponsor this overdue proposal to end brutality in Law Enforcement and will address the assistic racism that has marred american Law Enforcement for far too long. We timely say enough is enough. We have had enough of religious and racial profiling and had enough with chokeholds and qualified immunity and enough of police using military grade equipment. This bill will help us move from a culture of impunity. All too often in our Law Enforcement communities to accountability. We serve in accountability. This bill reaffirms this principle in democracy and proud to support it in the memory of the murdered george floyd. I yield back. The speaker pro tempore the gentlelady from california reserves. The gentleman from ohio. Mr. Jordan reserve. Ms. Bass i yield one minute to the gentleman from nevada, mr. Horsford. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman from nevada is recognized for one minute. Mr. Horsford thank you, mr. Speaker. I rise in favor of this bill. I want to commend our chairwoman of the Congressional Black Caucus. And for reonna, ahmad, all of the other black lives matter we need concrete federal reforms to address the root causes of these injustices, george floyd should still be alive today. And we can like the dr. Martin luther king said, bend the arc of justice when all americans will be treated with humanity by Law Enforcement. During this moment of national anguish we must insist on bold change. This legislation is necessary to save lives and seek justice and i am proud to cast my vote in favor of this legislation today. And i yield back. The speaker pro tempore the gentlelady from california reserves. The gentleman from ohio is recognized. Mr. Jordan we reserve. The speaker pro tempore the gentlelady from california is recognized. Ms. Bass i yield one minute to the woman from new mexico epresentative haaland. The speaker pro tempore the gentlelady is recognized for one minute. Ms. Haaland mr. Speaker, our Justice System has been bias, slavery, the trail of tears, lankets laid with smallpox and Breonna Taylor and george floyd. Justice has never been just for everyone but only for some people. The barriers that have long blocked many people from achieving the American Dream have been revealed under the knees of police. The racism in our system is long lasting and change is long overdue. I support the just justice and policing act. This is hope for systemic racism. This bill envisions a new model of Public Safety that works to end racial bias, pro meets deescalation training and builds on community trust, transparency and accountability. I urge my colleagues to vote yes on this historic bill. And mr. Speaker, i yield. The speaker pro tempore the gentlelady from california reserves. The gentleman from ohio is recognized. Mr. Jordan i yield to the distinguished the gentleman from great state of virginia as much time as he may consume the speaker pro tempore without objection. The tragic killing of george floyd, Breonna Taylor ap so many others have led to a nationwide cry for action to address racism and target Police Violence in america and across the country. Millions of americans have peacefully rallied, protested, marched and prayed to change laws to pursue additional accountability and transparency in Police Departments. My own district in virginia, i was proud to join those who stood up against racism and declare black lives matter. I was optimistic that we could rise to the occasion to the many injustices that have come to light. But today im saddened, saddened that the majority has slammed the door shut on republicans, slammed the door shut on real reform, slammed the door shut on real bipartisan and slammed the door shut on senator tim scotts proposals as we sought to Work Together on a bipartisan sluge. Instead of working across the aisle and instead of taking senator scott to work on a bill that could be signed into law, the majority is pushing a bill through the house that cannot be signed into law and that will, in fact, impede the ability of good Police Officers to do their jobs effectively and further, allow bad cops to hide behind Police Union Collective Bargaining agreements. My colleagues and i offered amendments in an effort to improve this bill. My amendment to ensure collective bargaining agreements do not protect violent officers was rejected and under the closed rule it was not made in order. While i do thank the chair of the subcommittee in ensuring that porgs of my amendment were included that the department of justice now would have the ability to pursue bad cops through consent decrees, it fails to go directly address the many troublesome provisions found in agreements that my amendment would have prevented, provisions like ensuring access to evidence before interviews about alleged wrongdoing, provisions delaying officer interviews after alleged misconduct, mandateing the destruction of disciplinary records. Nobody wants that to be a policy of a local police department. Prohibiting the investigations of misconduct after a set length of time, prohibiting the investigation of anonymous complaints, requiring arbitration after being dissplained or terminated. These are provisions that do not belong in collective bargaining agreements for our local Police Departments. Between 2006 and 2017 according to the Washington Post, the nations Largest Police departments fired nearly 1,900 Police Officers for misconduct, but those departments were forced to reinstate more than 450 officers after appeals required by Union Collective bargaining agreements. Further, collective bargaining agreements have been linchinged to violent incidents. One study found a 40 increase in florida after a change of collective bargaining laws there. In 2006, there was a report that found Law Enforcement agencies operating under a collective argaining agreement with 9. 9 complaints. And during the disciplinary process only of the complaints were sustained or found to have merits and agencies without unions, the sustain rate was more than double at 15 . This was just another example by not including my amendment how the majority refused to work with us rather than accept good amendments where we could find common grouped, we were cut out. There is nothing in this legislation to address the reckless efforts by some officials further to defund, dismantle or disband Police Departments. Our Police Officers who serve our communities work to ensure that lawlessness and the anarchy and death that happened in seattle is a perfect example of what defund the police would look like across america. Frankly, its no surprise that the American People are fed up with washington. As mr. Hudson referred to earlier, this was a moment in our history that calls for unity and healing but with eyes in november elections, politics drives the debate rather than sound public policy. We are outraged by the tragedies and it is unacceptable that the legislation reaches the house floor in a partisan manner. I urge my colleagues to oppose this bill in its current form and urge them to reconsider because to get legislation across the finish line, we need to put politics aside and uphold the foundational principles of our republic and live out the motto inscribed on the Supreme Court building, equal justice under the law. I yield back. The speaker pro tempore squasm ohio reserves. The gentlelady from california is recognized. Ms. Bass i want to thank my colleague on the other side of the aisle for the ideas that you were concerned about and the fact that you recognized that part of your ideas we did incorporate in the managers amendment. So i do look forward to working with you in the future and say to several of my other colleagues on the other side of the aisle, we have had many conversations. Many conversations leading up to this and im sure those conversations will continue but im really encouraged to hear my colleagues on the other side of the aisle number one agree that what happened in minneapolis was a horrific act of violence and that the issue of police abuse is a real issue. And the issue of systemic racism is a real issue. When these situations have happened before, when people have been killed, even when they have been killed on video and always seem up for debate, maybe we dont know what happened before the camera went on and maybe he was a criminal. And there is a problem in this country. There is a historic problem in this country and we will eventually get there and move forward and have a bill i am happy that we will be passing this bill today. But i dont see this as the end. Mr. Speaker, i yield one minute ms. Y colleague from oregon, bonamici. Ms. Bonamici i rise in strong support of the George Floyd Justice and policing act. Black people have been fighting for centuries for freedom, equality and justice under the law. The senseless death of george floyd is the latest tragic example of how too often the black community is targeted rather than supported by Law Enforcement. In oregon and around the country, people from all backgrounds are demanding change and the bill before us today answers their call. It bans chokeholds and noknock outs and creates a Public NationalPolice Misconduct registry and increases accountability and oversight of federal, state and local. We cannot bring back the countless others that have been treated by the sri individuals who swore an oath to protect them but honor their memory today. Bypassing this legislation to prevent abuses going forward. I applaud our chairperson and i yield back. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman from ohio is recognized. The speaker pro tempore mr. Jordan i reserve. The speaker pro tempore the gentlewoman from california is recognized. Mr. Bass we yield to the gentlelady from california ms. Bass we yield to the gentlelady from california, ms. Barbara lee. Ms. Lee thank you very much, mr. Speaker. Let me thank chairwoman bass for her visionary and tremendous leadership and let me just say a couple of things about this bill. First of all, finally this bill, after generations, will begin to end systemic racism in policing. Young people from all backgrounds are demanding action and have said to the world that enough is enough. As the mother and grandmother of black men and boys, i have too many painful conversations, as do all black families, about what to do to make sure their encounters with the police are not deadly. The trauma around these fears are lifelong. This is not normal. But for africanamerican parents, sadly, it is. The tragic murder of george floyd and so many africanamericans around the country, including my own district, with oscar grant, demand action. These challengic murders demand justice, that this bill provides. For example, by ending qualified immunity. No one is above the law. The world is watching today, mr. Speaker. The United Nations passed a resolution condemning the violent practices perpetrated by Law Enforcement against people of african descent in the United States of america. Let us show the rest of the world that we truly intend to live up to our creed of liberty and justice for all and, yes, that means also black lives do matter. Thank you and i urge an aye vote. The speaker pro tempore the gentlelady from california reserves. The gentleman from ohio is recognized. Mr. Jordan mr. Chairman, we reserve. The speaker pro tempore the gentlelady from california is recognized. Ms. Bass mr. Speaker, i yield one minute to the great lady from florida, representative cass tor. Castor. The speaker pro tempore the gentlelady from florida is ecognized. Mr. Speaker, can i ms. Bass mr. Speaker, excuse me, can i inquire how much time remains on each side . The speaker pro tempore the gentlelady from california has 56 minutes re remaining. The gentleman from ohio has 50 minutes remaining. The gentlelady is recognized. Ms. Castor justice. Justice. I have heard my neighbors and their calls for justice. Black lives matter. And i dedicate my vote on the George Floyd Justice in policing act today to the generations of tampa neighbors who have suffered the unfair burdens of discrimination, disrespect and violence due to the color of their skin. Too many lives over too many years in america cut short at the hands of officers who were supposed to protect them. So House Democrats will act decisively today to ensure that Police Officers are held accountable for misconduct and that lives are saved. We will end harmful policing practices, including racial profiling, noknock warrants and chokeholds. The time for change is now. In fact, a new paradigm for policing in america is overdue. And i want to thank my good friend, congresswoman karen bass of california, for bringing us closer to justice today. I yield back. The speaker pro tempore the gentlelady from california reserves. The gentleman from ohio is recognized. Mr. Jordan mr. Chairman, we reserve. The speaker pro tempore the gentlelady from california is recognized. Ms. Bass mr. Speaker, i yield one minute to the gentleman from pennsylvania, mr. Boil. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman from pennsylvania is recognized mr. Boyle. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman from pennsylvania is recognized for one minute. Mr. Boyle mr. Speaker, the coronavirus has infected our great nation for months. But racism has infected our society for centuries. Racism has helped cause disparities in education, health, housing and, of course, criminal justice. Well, today we take a historic step to finally do something about it. I am proud to support and cosponsor the George Floyd Justice in policing act. It is time, it is long past time that we breathe new life again into our motto, equal justice for all. I yield back. The speaker pro tempore the gentlelady from california reserves. The gentleman from ohio is recognized. Mr. Jordan mr. Chairman, we reserve. The speaker pro tempore the gentlelady from california is recognized. Ms. Bass mr. Speaker, i yield one minute to the gentlelady from new york, representative maloney. The speaker pro tempore the gentlelady from new york is recognized. Or one minute. Mrs. Maloney i thank the gentlelady for yielding and her leadership, along with the Congressional Black Caucus in moving this important bill to the floor. I rise today with americans across the country who are demanding change. I rise in strong support of the George Floyd Justice in policing act. This vital reform package addresses Police Brutality, Law Enforcement accountability, and Racial Injustice. It creates a Data Collection standard, bans racial and religious profiling, ends the use of chokeholds that killed eric gardner and george floyd, and bans noknock warrants like the one that took the life of Breonna Taylor. It ends qualified immunity to allow full accountability. This bill is a critical first step toward a more just nation. We cannot be a country that declares black lives matter if we fail to make lasting change to protect the lives of black people. We are facing a historic moment and we must deliver historic change. Vote yes on h. R. 7120. The speaker pro tempore the gentlelady from california reserves. The gentleman from ohio is recognized. Mr. Jordan mr. Chairman, we reserve. The speaker pro tempore the gentlelady from california is recognized. Ms. Bass mr. Speaker, i yield one minute to the gentlelady from california, ms. Eshoo. The speaker pro tempore the gentlelady from california is recognized. Thank you, mr. Speaker. And thank you to the Congressional Black Caucus and to its chairwoman, congresswoman bass, for their extraordinary leadership. The death of george floyd has shaken the conscience of our entire country and people around the world. And its laid bare the Racial Disparities in policing that black americans face every day, but for too long have been ignored. Thats why millions of americans are peacefully protesting across our country, demanding justice. The justice in policing act is bold and its historic. It takes headon chokeholds, noknock arrests, racial profiling, and the militarization of the police. It will bring accountability and transparency to Police Departments across our country and raise the standards of the profession and instull best instill best practices to enissue you are that all to ensure that all americans feel safe when interacting with Law Enforcement. This legislation is the face of justice. It will make america fairer, it will make america stronger and every member of this body should vote for it. The speaker pro tempore the gentleladys time has expired. The gentlelady from california reserves. The gentleman from ohio is recognize ohio is recognized. Mr. Jordan mr. Chairman, we reserve. The speaker pro tempore the gentlelady from california is recognized. Ms. Bass mr. Speaker, i yield one minute to the gentleman from georgia, mr. Bishop. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman from georgia is recognized for one minute. Mr. Bishop i support the George Floyd Justice in policing act, which changes the criminal conduct standard from woeful to knowing or reckless, ends qualified immunity, strengthens the pattern and practice used at the federal and state level, establishes National Standards for Law Enforcement, invests in Public Safety innovation grants, establishes a Public NationalPolice Misconduct registry, requires Data Collection on the use of force, bans chokeholds and conditions federal grants on banning chokeholds. Bans noknock warrants and racial profiling. Establishes a duty to intervene by other officers. Mandates use of body cameras and prohibits sexual acts with anyone under arrest, detention or in custody. Ive always supported Law Enforcement and i still do. But today the universal cries for change in justice demand that we hold Law Enforcement to the same standard of justice as any other american, by passing the George Floyd Justice in policing act now. The speaker pro tempore the gentlelady from california reserves. The gentleman from ohio is recognized. Mr. Jordan thank you, mr. Chairman. We yield five minutes to the distinguished gentleman from the great state of florida, a member of the Oversight Committee and the Judiciary Committee, mr. Steube. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman from florida is recognized. Mr. Steube thank you, mr. Speaker. Today i rise in opposition to this bill and House Democrats completely partisan attempt at actual Law Enforcement reform. They call it the justice in policing act, but this legislation would not achieve justice for anyone. Instead, it would promote anarchy and put our Law Enforcement officers lives at risk. It would end Legal Protection for our officers who actually follow their training and protocol. It would take essential weapons and protective equipment away from our police. In a time like today where Law Enforcement officers are ambushed and targeted just because of their profession, were going to take away their ability to receive protective equipment. So not only do the democrats want to take away an officers Legal Protection if they follow their training and protocol, then they want to take away their protective vests, protective shields and protective vehicles, they get military transfers that protect our officers from bullets. None of which has anything to do with George Floyds death. How does this make any sense . I can tell you it doesnt make any sense to the mass majority of americans who trust that someone will be there when they call 911. This legislation comes from the state party who has been calling to defund the police. Members of this very body have called to defund our Police Officers and Police Departments. I have to ask my colleagues how they think that would help. Defunding the police wont solve any problems and only poses an extraordinary risk to our citizens who depend on societys most basic Governmental Service of protecting life and property. This is nothing more than an outburst of political emotion and a willing tons take advantage of civil unrest willingnessness to take advantage of civil unrest. And this civil unrest is not constructive. Its anarchy. It also doesnt take into account the hundreds of thousands of good Police Officers risking everything to keep us safe. Officers like julian keen jr. From my state of florida. Unfortunately youll never hear about the tragic death of this black officer in the Mainstream Media. It doesnt fit the narrative so, theyll ignore it. However in florida we will never forget officer keen, who was laid to rest this week, and the positive influence he had on our community. And after the criminal who killed him found out that he was a Police Officer in plain clothes, pulled out a gun and killed him. So it begs the question. Who is really responsible for the flaws in Law Enforcement protocols . All of these departments with all of these problems and issues are all run by democratic commissions and Democratic City Councils. This is not a federal issue. This is a Minneapolis Police issue or an Atlanta Police issue or a ferguson issue or a chicago issue, where just this past weekend they had one of the most violent weekends over fathers day weekend. This is an issue with democratic leadership in these cities who have failed to keep up with standards, training and protocol. Some of these departments have training standards dating back to the 1980s. Why, you ask . Because their democratic leadership has failed to make necessary reforms in their departments. And now its the federal governments role to police local Police Departments run by Democratic City Council or commission. Well, will those commissions and leaders ever be held accountable . Everyone in this Chamber Wants justice for george floyd and his family of and they will get that in a court of law where justice belongs. If the democratic majority truly wants to reform our Police Departments, and if they truly want to fix the problems, then the focus should be on the agencies with the problems and their leadership. Not passing a progressive messaging bill in an Election Year that you know has no chance of becoming law. This legislation doesnt get justice for anyone. Instead it fails to address the real underlying problems while attempting to vilify our Law Enforcement officers. It wont go anywhere in the senate and it certainly wont go to the president s desk. So lets call it what it is. A political messaging bill. The longer we spend on this, the more time we waste in working on actual, tangible solutions. Time to put politics aside and work on Real Solutions where the problems are actually located. And i yield back. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman from ohio reserves. The gentlelady from california is recognized. Ms. Bass yes. Mr. Speaker, let me just say that there is absolutely nothing in our bill that calls for defunding the police. And in fact, i recall that this body funded First Responders in the heroes act and that that bill is languishing in the senate. So maybe my good colleagues on the other side of the aisle might call up their senators and ask that they move on the heroes act, that might be the first thing to do. And this bill is not against police. In fact, this bill is calling for standards and training and accreditation, and in conversations that ive had with the association of Police Chiefs, they said, and also the fraternal order of police, said that there are 18,000 Police Departments across the United States and they have been fighting for accreditation and standards for years. But it takes a very long time to do it department by department and they encourage this part of the bill. Now, granted, they dont love the whole bill, but this part of the bill they absolutely do. And to say that is magical thinking or denial. That is not the case at all and i encourage my colleagues on the other side of the aisle to actually examine his state. With that, mr. Speaker, i yield one minute to the gentleman from massachusetts, mr. Kennedy. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman is recognized. Senator kennedy i want to thank mr. Kennedy i want to thank chairwoman bass. When history is written, why our nation had to watch george floyd had the life drained by his body by the knee of a white Police Officer to know our system is broken and Breonna Taylors name and noknock warrants and people et and aubrey was hunted and limped and unshakeable target on black men. Or too long, you let ignorance cuddle white sprimeists and shelter oppression and hate. We can move. We can use the power of this body in this chamber to do more than acknowledge a movement. We can join it. We can pass the George Floyd Justice and policing act today. Because justice that didnt have to learn that george floyd and name. And ahmads i yield back. Mr. Jordan we reserve sm the speaker pro tempore the gentlelady from california is recognized. Ms. Bass i yield one minute to the gentlelady from alabama, representative sewell. Ms. Sewell i rise in support of the just is and policing act. We have tens of thousands of americans take to the streets demanding justice not only for george, breonna and all add and black americans that have been killed by police. Police brutality is a symptom of a larger problem and that is cystic racism. Black lives matter. Why we cannot legislate away, we can work to ensure that those in power are held accountable. This is bold legislation that will change the culture of Law Enforcement and help build trust between Law Enforcement and our communities by addressing systemic racism. The streets are calling out for bold and transformal containing and make sure that the people we see them and hear them and at laft we are doing something about it. I urge my colleagues to vote in favor of the George Floyd Justice and policing act. And i yield back. Mr. Jordan we reserve. The speaker pro tempore the gentlelady from california is recognized. Ms. Bass i yield 1 minute 30 seconds to the gentleman from illinois, mr. Rush. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman is recognized is recognized for one minute and 30 seconds. Mr. Rush mr. Speaker, i want to thank the gentlelady from california for her long time and courageous actions and leadership on these and other important issues. Mr. Speaker, george floyd, breonna tailo, chad robinson, lenny jones, o, inn toneo, sandra bland, leon, scott, eric garner, greg hampton. Mr. Speaker, these are the names of the timeless murdered by Police Officers. Some of them in my hometown of chicago, illinois. Thank god for h. R. 7120, the George Floyd Justice and policing act. There but for the grace of god goes i. I yield become. The speaker pro tempore the gentlelady from california reserves. The gentleman from ohio is recognized. Mr. Jordan we reserve. The speaker pro tempore the gentlelady from california is recognized. Ms. Bass i yield 45 seconds to the the gentleman from new jersey 45 seconds. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman is recognized. Mr. Gottheimer i rise today as a proud cosponsor of the George Floyd Justice and policing act of 2020. I thank the congressional plaque caucus led by karen bass and cory booker and others on this landmark legislation. The need for structural reform cannot be clear as our country mourns the murder of george floyd, just one of the most instances of the long painful history of violence and discrimination of black american men and women. We are experiencing an outpouring to end bigotry and end racism that has held a grip on our country and affirming yes that black lives matter. We should be inspired by the Peaceful Demonstrations calling for justice. Our freedom is the cornstone of our nation. We must continue to Work Together and join me in supporting this important bill. The speaker pro tempore the gentlelady from california reserves. The gentleman from ohio is recognized. Mr. Jordan we reserve. Ms. Bass i yield two minutes to he great lady from california, representative waters. The speaker pro tempore the gentlelady from california is recognized for two minutes. Ms. Waters thank you very much, mr. Speaker. Members, i rise to support h. R. 7120, the George Floyd Justice and placing act which bans chokeholds and creates a National Police misconduct registry and make it easier to prosecute police for their brutality among much needed provisions. I thank the black caucus and everybody else who worked so hard to make sure we have this moment. The murder of george floyd and the flesh that officers seem to take over a struggling black man are nothing new. My heart broke when i saw the murder, not just for george floyd and his loved ones but this brutality and all the Police Violence against black men and women have been used for centuries to terrorize and silence the black community. I have been fighting against this as a member of the California State Assembly when i took on the then police chief ates who popularized the chokehold men and killed men men between 1975 and 1982. And brave men and women have confronted bad cops, racist cops and Brutal Police chiefs and police protective unions who shield them from accountability. I want to pay tribute to angela and the black panthers who fought hard to sacrifice and reverend al sharpton and assisted families in getting legal representation when these issues were not popular. I thank reverend jackson who worked with me to confront chief gates and thank colin keap nick who took the knee and i want to thank black lives matter. Uncompromising. Energetic and undoing. And challenge the mayors and members of City Councils and county commissioners who control Police Budgets to get the courage to reimagine what it serves to undo the system of rogue cops and in closing. I want to say to the protestors, i stand with you, no justice, no peace. I yield back. The speaker pro tempore the gentlelady yields. The gentleman from ohio. Mr. Jordan i would ask unanimous consent to allow the gentleman from north dakota to control our time. The speaker pro tempore without objection. Mr. Jordan we reserve. The speaker pro tempore the gentlewoman from california. Ms. Bass i would like to yield one minute to the gentlelady rom california, representative spir. S. Speier bass gas two minutes, im sorry. Expire expire i want to rise to support the justice and policing act and applaud the congresswoman bass and Congressional Black Caucus because black lives matter. All lives cant matter until black lives matter. Im grateful that my bill which makes it a crime for Law Enforcement officers to engage in a sexual act with anyone in their custody or while exercising their authority has been included in this bill. Why is this important . Because Sexual Violence is the second most frequently reported form of Police Misconduct after excessive force. Yet in many states, officers can claim consent. Yesterday, i held a town hall with dr. John gates, who shared his experience as being a black man in america. A piece of his soul dies ever time a black man or woman dies d his love of america is there. And black men and women were brought to these shores did he prived of our liberty. Where e considered and was our humanity then and where is it now. Racism in america did not end with the and litigation of slavery. Americas original sin and did not end with the passage of the act. Ghts ack act some inevitably touted their passage to cure ourselves of the poison of racism. Our history of pursuing civil rights in this chamber is comprised of successes and failures. Of course passing this bill today will not end racism, but further the righteous cause of not just equality but equity in this country. Most americans are not racist, but not enough of us are antiracist. And that is where we need to be. I yield back. The speaker pro tempore the gentlelady yields back. The gentleman from ohio is recognized. The gentleman from ohio. Mr. Jordan i yield my friend from georgia as much time as he may consume. The speaker pro tempore without objection. Thank you, mr. Speaker and i thank you for this time. I came here, there is a lot happening in this country today that i dont understand. I really dont understand. I have a lot of friends back home. Friends black and white, asian, hispanic and i talk to them and they dont understand what is happening in this nation today. I try to put my finger on it, but im kind of losing track of where are we going and where it is going. Whyp arent we going together. Why do we keep dividing ourselves and using different issues to divide ourselves . I dont understand why george floyd died under the knee of a Police Officer. I really dont. I was horrified when i watched the video of him. Regardless of what his race is. That was horrific. I dont understand what happened. But i also dont understand why seemingly to his murder, it was seemed appropriate to destroy the homes, the businesses, the livelihood of innocent people who had nothing to do with it. I dont understand that. I dont understand why retired police chief david dorn was gunned to death as he was trying to protect one of these businesses, a business owned by someone who had nothing to do with any of this. I dont understand why a las vegas Police Officer was shot in the head while attempting to isperse protestors and jay underwood, a protective Police Officer was shot in oakland, california. I cant wrap my hands around that. Why four st. Louis Police Officers were shot at a peaceful protest that was turned violent. I dont understand why in new york city, a Police Officer was attacked and beaten by several men while onlookers encouraged them to do that. A Police Officer had nothing to do with what happened to george floyd or the young man in brunswick, georgia or atlanta. Mr. Speaker, theres Something Else i dont understand. I dont understand why three years ago this month i was on a baseball field when a man crazed by extreme political ideology walked on the baseball field and started shooting bullets at me. And many of my colleagues. I dont understand why that happened. Theres Something Else i dont understand. As i was there in the line of fire, i dont understand why one of our capitol Police Officers, who didnt know anything about me, we werent friends at the time, he walked into the line of fire to draw fire away from me and one of my colleagues so we could opefully get to his partner, and matt mika who had been wounded by the shooter. The bible tells us that theres no greater love, that someone would lay down their life or willly lay down their life for someone else. When i see that officer walk out in the line of fire to protect me, who didnt know me, a black man, im a white man, i sometimes wonder, why do they do that . My dad served in the army. He was on the dday invasion. And i often wonder, why, why they would step off those boats for people that they dont know. And walk into the line of fire. I mean, these are things that i really dont understand. I also dont understand why were not working together to improve Law Enforcement in this nation. I dont know why the media and some here want to take the action of one or two or a few and apply it to Law Enforcement all across the board. When ive seen what these Law Enforcement officers do, they put their lives on the line aily for us. I dont know what the answer is. But i do know those who do and i called on the Police Chiefs in my district to get together and lets talk about this. And we met yesterday. And you know, theres some stuff that we all agree on that they agree on. Theres plenty of things that they want to see happen. They all agree that we should hold officers more accountable. They also agree that we should have a database to track those officers who are bad officers so they know theyre hiring someone who has had problems in other states or jurisdictions. Thats a problem for them. These Police Chiefs, they want good Law Enforcement, theyre there to serve the communities. Theyre there to uphold law and order. Something else i dont understand is, when we see whats going on on tv, why some of these officers show up to work the next day. And they go to try to protect the peaceful protesters, and theyre attacked by the violent ones. And in some cases get no support out of their leadership. I dont understand why they do that. Our Police Chiefs said they need more training. They need more funding. One of the problems when it comes to cutting the budgets of our Police Officers and our Police Departments and Law Enforcement, usually the first thing that goes is training. They agree they need more training. We need more Mental Health support in this nation. The police told me that i would be surprised. And im going to spend more time with them. I spent a lot of time with our Law Enforcement already but im going to go ride with them to experience some of this. I encourage all of my colleagues to do this. They said they spend an unbelievable amount of time oncalls of Mental Health issues that they really cant do anything about because a person hasnt committed a crime, they may be on the verge of suicide, but they havent committed a crime so, they cant arrest them and they just have to stay there with them and sometimes they may get somebody to come out and they may not. It puts them in a very difficult position. So theyre all about doing more , doing more with Mental Health issues. Theres a lot that we support. Now, i did hear it said earlier that this is not defunding the police. But let me tell you what, 100 of the Police Chiefs in that meeting said to me, if you remove qualified immunity, you will be shutting down the Police Departments in america. Because they will not be able to retain tear officers. Retain their officers. That was 100 of the Police Chiefs. And there are Police Chiefs in all types of demographics. I have part of atlanta. I go up into the rural parts of georgia. But they 100 said, if you remove our qualified immunity, we will not keep Police Officers and you will shut down Law Enforcement in this nation as we know it. There was one other thing that they were 100 behind. Senator tim scotts bill. Every one of them was 100 behind what was in that bill. Now, a lot of it they already do. They ban chokeholds, theyre way ahead of a lot of different departments. There are some things in this bill they agree with. But there are also 100 they are also 100 against this bill. 100 of the Police Chiefs i met with in my district, which was virtually all but a couple of departments, were against this bill and the way its written right now. And the one thing that they asked for me to portray is, lets not paint all Law Enforcement with a broad brush. Those Police Officers who are risking their lives, the good ones, they feel like theyre getting kicked in the rear end by the politicians, at the federal and local level. They want us to Work Together, they want to see us Work Together. If were going to call for unity in this nation, then we better start right here. Instead of trying to ramrod a political bill that is not going to go anywhere and we know we should be here working ogether to get something done. That, mr. Speaker, is what i dont understand right now. Why were not doing that. I yield back. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. The gentlelady from california is recognized. Ms. Bass im so sorry that my colleague on the over side of the aisle is so confused and has so much trouble understanding. Perhaps it might help if he studied more history, u. S. History, to understand that why that knee was on George Floyds neck is because of racism in this country. Perhaps my colleague on the other side of the aisle could go to alabama to the Legacy Museum so that he could understand a little bit about u. S. History. Perhaps my colleague on the other side of the aisle could go to the memorial for lynching and learn a little bit about his state of georgia, where many of the lynchings were carried out by Law Enforcement officers. When he said that Police Chiefs 100 were against this bill is just not true. Ive met a with Police Chiefs and they support parts of the bill. The National Organization of black Law Enforcement officers support this bill. The fraternal order of police are not completely opposed to this bill. So i would like to work with my colleague on the other side of the aisle to help him understand a little bit more of the history of the United States. With that, mr. Speaker, i yield one minute and 30 seconds to the gentlelady from the virgin islands. Ms. Plaskett thank you so much to my colleague and chairwoman of the Congressional Black Caucus, who has led us in this fight here on this floor. As we make a Historic Movement towards justice. Im so upset that my colleague, my classmate, left before i could help him understand. I wanted to give him books that he could read. He could read blind spot blind spot the hidden bias of people, white fry jillity, why its so hard for white people to talk about racism. The new jim crow. If he didnt want to read a book, he could look at a documentary. How about the 13th amendment. But if he doesnt want to do that, if he wants to support give him a good cop story why to do it. Ill ask my colleagues to this, if not for george floyd, and the countless others killed at the hands of police, black americans who live in fear of Police Brutality, i ask you to support good cop. I ask you to support it for my father who called me up and bill. This was a good a cop who was on the new York City Police force and said the biggest threat to every good op is a bad cop. This present system will put down a good policeman trying to do the right thing. To speak up for whats right. Then will surely keep down a good black cop. Or for my four sons who received the talk from that veteran Police Officer who warned of what can happen to you on the street, in a squad car or in the basement of a police precinct. Where often the system is rigged so that good police cant always help you. Support it for those sons who despite the best education, decorum, fear a siren or a police light. The Police Brutality that we all have. As we advance this critical work, support this for all americans. Speak the truth that black lives matter. Yield back. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman from north dakota is recognized. I yield to my colleague from texas. I thank the gentleman. I appreciate the remarks from the gentlelady from the virgin islands. My question that i have for this body, as we sit here today, is, why arent we amending the legislation . Why arent we offering and allowing amendments in this great body . In the peoples house. A general question. When i go home, mr. Ayotte assume you all have the i assume you all have the same thing. They say, whats wrong with washington . Why dont we sit down around a table and try to solve problems . And i think this is one of the things that is most perplexing. We see it in the senate as well. Socalled greatest deliberative body. Yet we saw what happened in the senate, where theres an offer for 20 amendments. Mr. Roy a managers amendment from the gentleman from south carolina, senator scott. And that offer was rejected. Here were not even really having an opportunity to offer an amendment. Have a serious debate. I dont question at all the motives that are behind my colleagues on the other side of the aisle in terms of putting forward legislation to try to address a problem we all perceive as a problem we want to address. I look at the bill that weve got here as a republican bill, theres a lot of overlap. Theres some policies in it that are in agreement. And i just dont understand why we cant just start with some nucleus of a bill and offer 20 or 30 amendments, vote on the amendments as a deliberative body, the United States congress. The peoples house. Why cant we just offer amendments and vote on them . And then wherever the amendments take us, at the end of that, vote on a bill. They used that used to happen. I was a staffer in the senate. And we would we had 50 amendments on different bills. My staff today, they look at that as some sort of relic of history. This thing we used to do because we dont do it anymore. I literally dont understand it. It is a question on both sides of the aisle, why we do not sit down and offer legislation and go through it, start with the nucleus, that end amend it. And then amend it. Weve got things here we agree on. On issues such as qualified immunity. Issues such as noknock warrants. Issues that involve asset forfeiture. Issues that go to the heart of liberty and the heart of the ability of an individual american not to be overrun by Law Enforcement. Theres agreement that wed like to have conversations about those issues. There is. My friend from michigan, now an independent, offered legislation about qualified immunity. I dont agree with it. I dont agree with a full abolition of qualified immunity. I dont. My grandfathers a chief of police. I know weve all got Law Enforcement in our communities and theyre worried about what that will do to our Law Enforcement and were seeing it right now. We had 104 shootings in chicago, we had 14 killings. We had a 3yearold boy shot on the street. When he teenagers getting killed, 324 increase in new york shootings. We had a guy get shot in the back of the head while changing his tire in new york. We have lawlessness occurring and this body ought to address it. The attorney general of the United States ought to address it. We ought to enforce the laws of the United States. We ought to have a debate here about that. We ought to have a debate here about ensuring or protecting the citizenry of the United States. It is our fundamental responsibility. It is our job. That is our duty in the constitution, to secure the blessings of liberty. And yet were just going to sit here and take shots across the building with a senate bill and a house bill, with no resolution, and then were going to fly home tomorrow. In what universe in what universe is that the right thing to do . And the American People looking at the peoples house saying job well done, well done. When people are dying literally in the streets of our country right now, of all races. What were the rates of murder in chicago . 104. What were the rates of the threeyearold boy who was shot. These are real issues. Why dont we sit around the table and figure it out instead of legitimating this in the press, taking shots across the capitol dome. Senator scott is a good man offering a good bill. And the speaker of the house says that we are trying to murder george floyd again. I mean, come on. It is our job to secure the blessings of lit. I ask in this chamber that we sit down and figure out lemmings to actually secure that and support our Law Enforcement. 76 million interactions of Law Enforcement with civilians. 99 of those dont result in any kind of and 98 of those dont result in any harm. Lets do our job and lets look at the legislation and Work Together and figure out how to do the job of securing the blessings of liberty. I yield back. The speaker pro tempore the gentlelady from california is ecognized. Ms. Bass i yield one minute to the majority leader. The speaker pro tempore without objection. Mr. Hoyer mr. Speaker, we ought to come together, we ought to reason together and we will get a better product in the legislative process. Sadly, our friends in the United States senate dont always do that. Sadly, when your party was in the leadership, it didnt always do that. And yes, from time to time, we do that. , is is an issue of critical immediate concern and there is a way to get to where the the entleman from texas suggested. Pass legislation in the senate, pass legislation here, well go to conference and we will try to resolve our differences so we can pass a bill. I talked to the gentlelady from california and shes told me, and doesnt want a message, she wants a law. And i am absolutely convinced thats true. And she understands the legislative process very well. But in order to initiative that process we need to pass a bill and we have constraints on amendments because of coronavirus. But having said that, i hope that we pass this bill. And i hope the Senate Passes a bill. Unform, they will have to come to agreement and get 60 votes. I say unfortunately because Mitch Mcconnell is not prepared to get to 60 votes. We dont have to get to 60 votes. Here, the majority rules. And the majority will rule today nd the majority sponsored this bill. Trum eaker, on the ross behind me rostrum behind me, there is inscribed five words, actually, it is in front of me. , tolerance, peace and liberty. It is our individual and collective responsibilities as a member of this house, the peoples house, to ensure that all of these virtues are upheld in the United States. Here is justifiable anger in this country because justice is not being upheld. That does not mean its never being upheld, but it ought to be always upheld. There is a deep frustration because some of those charged with enforcing our laws are doing so without tolerance in a way that disregards the rights and welfare of victims without just cause. That does not say all members of the police. In fact, not the majority. But it does ban actions that are inconsistent with justice and peace and tolerance and liberty. Many of our people will never see the full light of liberty because of the color of their skin. The result has been a broken union and a broken peace. That is why this house must act. We must act to make it clear beyond any doubt to every person livess country that black malter matter. For too long in america, black lives did not matter. Too many people who lived in america were challenged and their lives were counted in the property was at worth. For n their human value, far too long hasnt been a leg as. Slavery and prejudice. We must act to ensure that Law Enforcement in every jurisdiction understands that ach human being is entitled to equal justice under law and to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. And we must act to ensure that no longer will we see horrific images and videos of unarmed black men and women being killed by those who are sworn to uphold the law and keep the peace. The bill we are voting on today is long overdue. I congratulate the Congressional Black Caucus, ms. Bass, senator harris and senator booker. Is bill would ban chokeholds i knelt on the marble floor. My knee rejected that as something that i wanted to do. It was not only painful, but it was a long time, eight minutes and 45 seconds that was to restrain george floyd. He was restrained. It would also ban noknock warpts of the kind that led to the murder of Breonna Taylor in andhome that was mistakenly racial n funding on profiling as identified by the obama task force. This bill would facilitate under appropriate circumstances, the ability of victims to be compensated for their loss. A right without a remedy is no right at all. I want to thank chairwoman bass and the Congressional Black Caucus for introducing this bill and i thank chairman nadler for moving swiftly to mark up this legislation so we could have it on the floor today. I said swiftly. It has been centuries that the dark lot of slavery and dehumanization of some of our fellow americans has been a reality. Senator mcconnell has already said that the Republicanled Senate will not even consider this bill. Thats not surprising. There are 275 bills, all of whom have republican votes, sitting on senator mcconnells desk or maybe wastebasket. And not surprising that he wont consider this bill either any more that he considered justice garland by a president who had 11 months in his term, well see what the people say in a few short months. If we do not consider this bill, it will be a mistake and failure to honor the United States that we are all created equal and not be judged by the color of our skin, which happens too often. Too frequently, too regularly. Not by the color of our skin or the kept of our character and the caliber of our conduct. Senator mcconnell is ignoring the cries for justice from blacks and whites and americans of all different colors and all different religions. All who are distinguished by one facet or another, that they have in common that they are americans governed by a constitution and laws of our our country. Senator mcconnell would be ignoring the history and legacy of slavery and segregation that has led to these acts. Colleague mentioned montgomery, alabama and the number of museums. Brian stevenson has a museum and he said the first thing you do when you discriminate against people is you dehumanize them. We have dehumanized people of color that from time to time and too often, they are not treated as human beings. I urge my colleagues on both sides of the aisle, vote for this bill. Vote for this bill even if you dont think its perfect. Vote for this bill to say we want justice for every american. Vote for this bill because you want to say you wantal remedy for wrong. Vote for this bill to restore justice. Vote for this bill to go protect liberty. Vote for this bill to promote tolerance. Vote for this bill to restore peace. To the families and victims and entire communities that live in fear. And vote for this bill to preserve our union as not only a union of states but a nation of free People United in our common pursuit of justice and opportunity for all. The peoples house needs to do its job for all the people. This is not an antipolice bill. It is a bill that cries out for whatever our discipline including members of congress, that we act consistent with the law, consistent with the constitution and consistent with our moral values. We will not leave these words to only be insubscribed in wood but enshined in our hearts and in our laws. Union, justice, tolerance, peace and liberty. Not for some, but for all. Those are neither democratic principles nor republican ones. These are american principles. These are in many ways unique principles honored by its country in its rhetoric. This bill is to honor those in its reality. That is why all who believe in these principles should vote for this bill. And i yield back the balance of my time. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. The gentleman from mr. Speaker, with all due respect, when the democratic majority in the house wont accept any of the republican amendments and the democratic minority in the senate wont accept the 20 amendments that enator scott offered it is disingenuous that senator mcconnell is the problem. And i yield three minutes to the gentleman from alabama. I rise today in opposition to this bill because it would result in more crime and fewer law willing to serve in enforcement. And this eliminates qualified immunity for Law Enforcement officers. So in the course of doing their job, an officer could go to prison for unintentionally breaking the law. Who wants to serve in a job that could be possibly charged as a criminal . Without qualification what happened to george floyd was horrific and those involved deserve full punishment sm it was a brutal and callous assault that undermined the trust of law nforcement we depend on. Notwithstanding, we cannot undermine the entire Law Enforcement community because of it. Every group has bad actors. Congress is not without examples of such. But we cant continue do paint all Law Enforcement officers as villains. Im thankful for the Law Enforcement officers. They take an oath to run toward danger. In fact, two officers, david and crystal did just that when they kept my come etionap me from being killed on the baseball field three years eeg. Im convinced some several of my colleagues and i would have been killed or wounded as was Steve Scalise were it not for the courage and dedication of the officers. They are heroes and i stand with them, not with these lawless vandals who are pressuring my colleagues across the aisle to if not eliminate our Police Departments, make them ineffective. Police officers put their lives on the line and far too many who lose their lives as they honor apply do their jobs. I will not support any effort to make their jobs more dangerous while leaving our communities to the lawless acts of violence we are witnessing today. In lard to the majority leader, mr. Hoyer, i appreciate he specifically referenced senator scotts bill in the senate. Wish that the speaker of this house of representatives, nancy pelosi, had made a similar to that l response bill. As i wish senator dick durbin made a respectful response to that bill. The majority leader called on us bork with our work with our colleagues across the aisle on this legislation. Been serious about that, here would have been a discussion before it was brought to the floor. As my dleague from north from as my colleague north dakota said, there will amendments accepted. Here arent on the senate either. Its disingenuous to say the republicans are not interested n pursuing justice through sensible Law Enforcement. I urge my colleagues to oppose back. Ill, and i yield the speaker pro tempore the entlelady from california is recognized. Mr. Speaker, may i inquire ow much time remains on each side . The speaker pro tempore the gentlewoman has 38 minutes. Thank you. The ld one minute to gentlewoman from illinois, kelly. Ntative mrs. Kelly mr. Speaker, i ms. Kelly mr. Speaker, i rise in support of the George Floyd Justice in policing act. I am going to be frank. Have like this should passed years ago. We know that chokeholds are dangerous. He same with noknock warrants and nonviolent federal cases. His legislation would have prevented George Floyds death black death of so many people. N you may 16 shots in a coverup rokita boyd. A toy that was killed by gun because of a toy gun. Watching the life and oxygen drain from the life of george floyd, my colleagues on still defend the status quo. Some parts of this bill are not new. Ut we could never get them passed. I was part of speaker ryans ask force on Police Accountability 18 months meeting with the public and nothing came of it. Time. Not this ecause george floyd deserves better, Breonna Taylor, Laquan Mcdonald and oscar grant deserve justice. And this is from the niece of three cops, the cousin of one of two cops, but also the mother of a black son and a black daughter. More just have to say one thing. I get so sick of hearing chicago being bantered about. Years and for five could not get one gun violence prevention bill passed or signed on to by my colleagues on the other side. It wasnt until the democrats over that we could at least get background checks passed and loophole but, again, we cant get anything called in the senate. I yield back. The speaker pro tempore the gentlelady yields back. The gentleman from north dakota is recognized. Mr. Armstrong mr. Speaker, may how much time we have left . The speaker pro tempore the gentleman has 28 minutes left. Mr. Armstrong thank you. I reserve. The speaker pro tempore the reserves. The gentlelady is recognized is. Mr. Bass mr. Speaker, i yield one minute to the gentleman from representative meeks. The speaker pro tempore without objection. 1953. i was born in brown v. Board of education had not been decided. Was not yetghts act law. And the Voting Rights act was away. Han a decade africanamericans could be bus, a room g on a in a hotel, entry in a school color of ause of the their skin. For my three daughters, such a still somewhat unimaginable to them. They could not fathom being restaurant orto a being legally barred from living n a neighborhood because the laws on the books said it was the right thing to do. These are the realities of my generation, for i recall getting ff a train and seeing colored and white. But it was not the realities for my daughters. About a world w where black men and women can be officer on police the flimsiest of prospects, and they understand the pain of unarmed black men and women shot, choked, and kneeled take their last breath. Also have a 1yearold granddaughter. She does not know about mass incarceration. Seen videos of black men being murdered by those that law. Upposed to protect the i do hope she learns about these incidents, like the murder of eorge floyd or eric garner or shawn bell, but in the same way my daughters learned about through books and movies and history and classes. Hope she views our current failings as unimaginable problem era a air a i from an far past. And lets not wait now. History is f rolling. Those in ls down on 53. Let it not roll down on us today. Act. S pass this this bill will not take us all the way to that destination, but a real step towards a just world. Lets pass this bill. The speaker pro tempore the north dakota. Mr. Armstrong i reserve. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman reserves. The gentlelady is recognized. Bass ms. Bass i yield to the entleman from michigan, mr. Levin. The speaker pro tempore without objection. Levin thank you, mr. Speaker. Thise in strong support of profound legislation, the George Floyd Justice in policing act, a long overdue step towards ending brutality of police in america. This liberate when i call a step. However important. To do to much more dismantle racist systems that country since ur before we were a country and indeed were part of our documents. L genocide of native americans, crow, mass incarceration, and many forms of injustice, ongoing as i speak. This month, mr. Speaker, i my hed with 6,000 of constituents in mccomb county crying out for major structural in what may have been the biggest antiracism rally that ever seen. If we pass this bill and pat back for having done something, we will have people. He instead, lets pass this bill today and continue to work to systemic racism tomorrow. Thank you, mr. Speaker. I yield back. The speaker pro tempore the yields back. The gentleman from north dakota is recognized. Mr. Armstrong i reserve. The speaker pro tempore the reserves. The gentlelady is recognized. Ms. Bass mr. Speaker, i yield the gentlelady from michigan, representative lawrence. The speaker pro tempore without objection. Mrs. Lawrence thank you. Today because i have heard the cries and the screams lives e street, black matter. As a black woman elected to the generations of my people calling on our and decades and decades to enact legislation to finally have a law on the books to stop Police Assaults on black lives. Sadly, as a country, we can no excuse of being blind of racism. We can no longer grews the of use the excuse of the arrogance of white privilege. Ur country, our people, the citizens of this country are calling on us to come together to join america and vote for this bill, the George Floyd Justice in policing act. Ur country, we pledge one nation under god, indwisible, libertyindivisible with and justice for all. Its time to act now. I yield back. Tempore the o gentlewoman yields. The gentleman from north dakota. Mr. Armstrong i reserve. The speaker pro tempore the reserves. The gentlewoman from california is recognized. Ms. Bass mr. Speaker, i yield minute to the gentlelady from the great state of barragan. , ms. The speaker pro tempore the gentlelady is recognized. Ms. Barragan the time is now. Month, not after more studies, not after more deaths. Now. Our country demands it. As a congress have listened. Oday we must act for george floyd, Breonna Taylor, eric arner, and the countless others, we demand justice is, we demand change. In my very own district just week, a young latino kid, was shot ld, andres, in the back by police. There were no body cameras, video. Lance gone. And andres is gone. Ith six Police Bullets in his back. The public should not need to call for a thirdparty investigation into these deaths. To trust the ble system. More importantly, they should not need investigations because killings must stop. Today. George floyd he justice in policing act. I yield back. The speaker pro tempore the back. Lady yields the gentleman from north dakota is recognized. Mr. Armstrong mr. Speaker, i reserve. The speaker pro tempore the reserves. The gentlelady from california is recognized. Ms. Bass mr. Speaker, i yield one minute to the gentleman from texas, representative doggett. The speaker pro tempore without objection. Mr. Doggett i thank the gentlewoman for her tremendous leadership. Bill is an important top start not an end of what it must be done to stop racism in america. So much more must be local policeby the departments across the country. Bad is more than a few apples. Its a virus thats too often infected the ofrn arrested. No orchard. His is not a time for watereddown proposals but for real meaningful action. Black lives matter because for so long they have been the subject of violence and not. Dice though they did in austin, mike ramos was fleeing. Couldnt breathe. Both were unarmed, unthreatening and both are now dead. Technology has literally brought this violence into our recognize how any incidents have never been reported. Failure by some Law Enforcement personnel to protect black coreens threatens the very of our democracy. Hat we do today is not only about protecting those victims but it is also with respect and the many dedicated Police Officers who put their ives on the line daily for our security. What we need is to reach across to have protesters educating police about their concerns and officers listening that they want to be a part of the solution that we offer today. I yield back. The speaker pro tempore the yields back. The gentleman from north dakota is recognized. Mr. Armstrong thank you, mr. Speaker. I reserve. The speaker pro tempore the reserves. The gentlelady is recognized. Ms. Bass mr. Speaker, i yield to the gentlewoman from ohio, representative beatty. The speaker pro tempore the gentlewoman is recognized. Mrs. Beatty thank you, chairwoman bass. George disputable that floyd should be alive today. Is killing was the result of Police Violence that too many black americans have experienced. District. Black lives matter. Attend george o floyds funeral and proud to support this historic bill in his name. Breathe. Today, we breathe in honor of george floyd. This bill will honor his life nd in the words of his daughter, my daddy will change the world. I ask all of my colleagues to change the world by ending some of the most dangerous and practices of Law Enforcement in our nation. Toond this bill, we must get the root of Structural Racism that has plagued our country for centuries. As i have called out in my esolution, House Resolution 90, racism as a national crisis. We must move toward a truth and process. Ation today, my colleagues, we go from agony to action. And i ask his bill, you to join me. Thank you and i yield back. Mr. Armstrong we reserve. Ms. Bass i yield one minute to the gentleman from new york,. Presentative espaillat mr. Espaillat i rise in support of this bill, one month ago george floyd was murdered. As i said in the days following, his daughter said daddy changed the world. And there is a manifest to, the harlem advocates for a ban on chokeholds and ends qualified immunity. The harlem manifesto includes a provision that Police Officers can be held accountable for excessive force. The standard should not be willful intent but reckness intent. We must pass this bill. The best anticrime policies are antipoverty policies. We must continue this fight. Black lives matter. Thank you, mr. Chair. I yield back. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. The gentleman from north dakota. Mr. Armstrong we reserve. The speaker pro tempore the gentlelady from california is recognized. Ms. Bass i yield one minute to the gentleman from texas, mr. Green. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman is recognized. Mr. Green thank you, mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker. For those who are not sure as to why we are here today, please allow me to explain it to you. We are here today because all awed murder was cap furnished nd ms. Coopers murder was captured a black man assaulting a white woman to summon the police. We are here because eight minutes and 46 seconds demise was captured on video and the American People dont like what they see and dont agree what they see. They know they have been lied to. And if they havent been captured on video, we wouldnt be here today. Dr. King is right, the arc of the moral universe is long but it bends to justice and we are here to bend the arc to go to moral justice. The gentleman yields back the balance of his time. Mr. Armstrong i reserve. Ms. Bass mr. Speaker, i yield one minute to the gentleman from maryland, newest member of the ongressional black caucus. Mr. Mfume thank to my friends on the other side of the aisle, every now and then, we find ourselves at a sing did you lar and see him national moment, a moment such as this, whether it was the great debates of the 1960s in the civil rights bill or granting the women the right to vote or the debates of war and peace which predates all of us, this is our moment. And we need to do the right hing on behalf of faceless men and women who lost their lives. So that when future generations peer through the telescope of time and look back on us and this day, let them say of us that when it came to addressing the issue of racist, ugly, violent criminal actions by bad Police Officers, that we did not waiver, and did not flinch or shirk our responsibility to do the right thing and the right thing is passing the George Floyd Justice and policing act and to do so on behalf of all those who are not here to pass it and to vote and speak for themselves. I strongly urge passage. This is the moment that we have to act in and it will be a fleeting moment. I yield back. The speaker pro tempore scrabt. The gentleman from north dakota is recognized. Mr. Armstrong i reserve. The speaker pro tempore the gentlelady from california is recognized. Ms. Bass i yield one minute to the the gentleman from new sf mr. Norcross. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman is recognized. Mr. Norcross i rise today on the importance of George Floyd Justice and policing act and im horpped to stand with my colleagues and certainly with the Congressional Black Caucus to combat the epidemic of Racial Injustice. This bill creates unprecedented reforms, needed reforms, but the first step is to admit we have a problem and apparently we havent done that as a chamber in whole. This is not a standalone issue but one that continues today. It is about ending racial profiling and transferring the culture of policing. My hometown of camden city, 10 years ago had the highest murder rate in north america. We reinvented the police department, not alone, but together. Changed their culture. How can we do this better. 63 , thats murders. 73 drop in the crime rate. It can be done. But we have to do it together. The president and Senate Republicans seriously should. They merely are suggestions and insult to us in this house. I urge my colleagues to vote yes. And i yield back. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. The gentleman from north dakota is recognized. Mr. Armstrong i reserve. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. The gentlelady from california is recognized. Ms. Bass i yield one minute to the gentleman from california, mr. Levin. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman is recognized. Mr. Levin our country is in crisis. We are broken by generations of systemic Racial Injustice and its clear only real change and action will allow us to put the fragments back together. Millions of americans are demanding accountability and reform to a structure that has allowed Police Brutality against people of color for far too long. As we continue to hear new names that lost their lives, thoughts and prayers have never been enough and not enough now. E cant by not acting. The justice and policing act will bring about the changes we need and strengthen transparency and accountability in our Law Enforcement and we need to ban excessive uses of force and end the militarization of local Police Departments. And we begin the first of many steps towards a more just system ensuring george floyd and Breonna Taylor and countless others are not forgotten. And i yield back. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman from ohio is organized. Mr. Jordan we reserve. The speaker pro tempore the gentlelady from california is recognized. Ms. Bass i yield one minute to representative from new york, representative velazquez. The speaker pro tempore the gentlelady is reckniesed. Recognized. Ms. Velazquez mr. Speaker, in nearly every city and town across this country, the American People are raising their collective voice for change. Our nation is having a long overdue conversation of our race and policies and we are timely acknowledging that black lives matter. But it takes more than words. It American People want true reforms. This bill takes tangible steps in that direction. It ends qualified immunity. The bill bans chokeholds and noknock warrants will become a thing of the past. We are outraged of the murders Breonna Taylor and eric garner. Anger is not enough. The American People are demanding action. This bill offers change, not lip service or half measures being floated by the president and Senate Republicans. The time is now. History will judge us on how we respond to this moment. Vote yes. I yield back. The speaker pro tempore the gentlelady yields back. The gentlelady the gentleman recognized. Mr. Jordan we reserve. Ms. Bass i yield myself such time. The justice and policing act establishes a bold vision of policing in america. Never again should the world witness of what we saw in the streets of minneapolis, the slow murder of an individual by a fune formed Police Officer. The world is witnessing this movement and spread to many nations around the world with thousands marching and hearing the cry i cant breathe. People marching to demand change that ends Police Brutality and cial profiling and denying americans to sue and and black communities have been sadly marching for over 100 years against police abuse and for the police to protect and serve our communities like they do elsewhere. Exposed 0, cameras horror segregation and they exposed the brutal treatment of people who dared to challenge the system. Plaque people did not have the same constitutional protections that freedom of the speech, the right to assemble and protests were not rights extended. Cell phone camera has exposed the continuation of violence against black americans and the right of life, liberty and pursuit of happiness is not guaranteed to africanamericans. The movement for Police Accountability is a rainbow movement. And the power of this movement will help move congress to act. And increases transparency but assists Police Departments to change the culture sm i know that change is hard but im certain Police Officers, professionals who risk their lives every day are concerned about their profession and do not want to work in an environment that requires their silence when a fellow officer is abusing the public. Police officers would like to intervene and stop an officer from using deadly force when it is not necessary and im certain Police Officers want to be trained in the best practices in policing. A profession where you have the power to kill should be a profession that requires highly trained officers who are accountable to the public. I am so proud to be here on this historic day for the first time and i have no idea how many years the house of representatives will pass the George Floyd Justice and policing act. I yield. The speaker pro tempore the gentlelady yields. The gentleman from ohio is recognized. Mr. Jordan i would yield to my good friend from north dakota as much time as he might use. Mr. Armstrong thank you, mr. Speaker. I sat through this through a Committee Hearing and markup, and rules committee and all day today and i have heard a lot about now is the time for bold action and now is the time for change but we dont talk about what we are doing and what we are passing is actually good policy, whether this policy will work in as Diverse Communities that we have from one end of this nation to another. If there was ever a subject that requires deliberation, Police Reform is this this. We are incommable in this town at this time. The American People want reform and that reform has to start with recognition with the basic recognition that two million out of 2. 3 Million People incarcerated are incarcerated in state and local prisons and this becomes a community action. Law enforcement is mostly a local function and when we are talking about reform we must recognize that these laws must work at 2 30 a. M. In a dangerous, unpredictable and often vial ent significance. And whether that officer is patroling washington, d. C. , or rural north dakota road. We can move quickly and thoughtfully. We can work towards policies that hold bad officers and departments accountable without making it difficult for good cops to do their jobs. We need to recognize uncomfortable truths. Systemic Racial Disparities exist and not just in Law Enforcement but throughout, whether in pretrial release programs, and decisions in determining sentence and enhancements that have disparity decisions. When we talk about these things, we have been talking about them for years and long before President Trump was elected. If your claim is historical and stemic racism, it is hard to believe it started when President Trump took office. This bill no not chase bad cops hroughout the business but it will dissway good people from going into Law Enforcement and that will make our communities less safe. Makes it easier to sue Law Enforcement. It makes it easier to prosecute just bad cops, not cops. It ensures there it is a public database of all complaints, theyre completely frivolous or not. And it takes away their ability o use equipment, whether they need it or not. It takes away the ability for to use lifesaving tools whether they need it or not. On ined with what is going and a combination between eaceful protests and violent rioting, i have a friend, an officer in minneapolis just this week have responded to calls spit on andre being have bottles thrown at them while they are responding to murders. These types of policies and this type of rhetoric is not going to chase this out ut of of this profession is just not true. In the Judiciary Committee did offer substandive substand tiff and to enhance the use of body cameras by federal officers. Considered hat i reasonable collective bargaining reform so that bad cops can ctually get fired from their jobs. We exempted our Border Patrol from the ban on the purchase of surplus military equipment. We asked we also even offered banff no on the ban of noknock warrants. Say to say we were everything we offered and what we tried to accomplish either side was he other was not relevant to the onversation just simply isnt true. But there are things we agree on. With body cameras for Law Enforcement. We agree that more transparency thing. Best congresswoman bass has talked a lot and i think this is actually accurate. We wouldnt know a lot about things without cell phone cameras and what has gone on. Nd thats the reality that exists. But the other reality that exists is that we all are unctioning in a digital society, and asking our federal Law Enforcement to come into the 21st century along with us is terribly not a irrelevant nor unreasonable request. With making sure we have a way to track officers. We dont necessarily agree on but theresecifics, a way to get there. I think everyone agrees that is deescalation training incredibly important and that doesnt matter if you are in a Diverse Community or not. Talked to law s enforcement knows they deal with way too many Mental Health issues. Resources. Th those we all want to hold bad cops accountable and bad and that have too many accountable. Many of us on our other side agree with qualified immunity reform. With congressman roy when he said we want significant reform. Id also argue we need to with something. The problem with noknock warrants isnt that theyre there. Theyre overused. The problem with military equipment isnt that its its that in some departments its overused. If we continue to paint a broad all of these things and have it effect every department, regardless how urban rural in nature, regardless if they have a history, a all,ory of abuse or none at then we run a real risk of alienating the people who are closely and most want reform. And ill end on something i think is fairly hopeful. I do have hope because i think this is the most criminally Justice Reform seen. Ss weve ever there are members on both sides of the aisle that are serious about marijuana legislation, and want to talk about a system in the criminal code that not racial impact, i am sure you need to go a whole lot further than marijuana reform. We have people on both sides of that have done the juvenile justice act, the ustice reinvestment act, trial undoly s, clemency for harsh unduly harsh prisons. Repeating. Bears i just truly, truly mean this. The First Step Act, which was assed by the last congress which was bicameral, bipartisan, and advocated for by this most ent is the single important criminal Justice Reform thats probably come out of this congress. And i dont say that from being politician. I say that from practicing federal criminal defense under both the Bush Administration and the obama administration. So in three years at a federal at the federal level, we have gotten more done. But its called the First Step Act for a reason. Theres a second step. And i have add the opportunity through all the rhetoric and all partisan fighting and everything, ive also got to thoughtful people on both sides of the aisle. People on my side of the aisle of time t as short ago as several years ago didnt believe in some of these things now. Ve in them its no not just at the federal government. States from colorado to new to texas north dakota are doing criminal Justice Reform. And theyre doing it houghtfully and moving it forward. I find it unfortunate that were going to be here and that we couldnt have this conversation we are going to do what we do so well in this town is talk and then fail lk to have action on anything that has a realistic chance of law and i think, unfortunately, that is where this is going. But i do have hope because i of people are a lot on both sides of the aisle that truly want to work on this. Go very ont have to far. 350 members on both sides of the isle have already cosponsored bills related to criminal Justice Reform. So we will get this done. Aybe not as soon as we could have. But im hopeful we will rise to the moment. With that i yield back. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman yields back. The gentlelady from california is recognized. Ms. Bass mr. Speaker, i ask that the consent gentleman from new york, the distinguished chair of the democratic caucus, be permitted the remainder of the time on the majority side. The speaker pro tempore without objection. The gentleman from new york is recognized. I thank the gentlelady from california on George Floyd Justice in policing act and this important legislation forward. Mr. Jeffries let me yield one distinguished gentleman from california, representative davis. The peaker pro tempore gentlelady is recognized. Mrs. Davis thank you, mr. Speaker. Weeks people or across the country have been protesting in the streets, george g justice for floyd, for Breonna Taylor, and for countless number of people police. Y adly, these incidents like these are something our communities of color no too well. Well. Know too this moment, this moment begs us o ask, to be bold, to capture this opportunity for change. I commit and i urge all my to be allies in this voices. D amplify our recognizing that once again its color who will take the lead in assuring justice for all. Vote yes on this bill. Back. D the speaker pro tempore the gentlelady yields back. The gentleman from ohio is recognized. R. Jordan thank you, mr. Chair. I yield to my good friend, the minority whip from the great much timeouisiana, as as he wants to use. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman is recognized. Mr. Scalise thank you, mr. Speaker. Thank my colleague and friend from ohio for yielding and for this issue andon also want to thank my friend and colleague from california, ms. For her work over years on this issue as well. Stand on a we moment in time thats so important in our countrys where we can ent actually come together and solve a problem that weve seen thats gone on for a long time. Something thats come to light over years butys George Floyds death, a death happened, should have really did awaken and create a we can n time where actually get something done on this issue. Nd i hope that we rise to this moment. I hope that we Work Together to ddress the problems that weve seen while making a careful and important distinction not to important work that Police Officers do every day risking their lives to keep safe. And thats really the thing that on. E got to focus the most because we know there are bad cops like there are bad people profession. But to paint everybody with the same brush is not only unfair, actually does a disservice to he work that they do in every community on a daily basis. Thats unheralded. What i would first say is that while the bill thats a bill that ay is has some components that we support but some components we would create even more problems. There can be work done to come together. There were mmittee many opportunities to bring that forward, to bring other amendments forward. That every single republican amendment was shut down. Single amendment was shut down in committee. Every single amendment that we was shut down on this house floor. Thats not going to solve this problem. Know that. All were here to make law, which i think a lot of us. Means both sides coming together to bring their best ideas forward and to address the problem. Very disappointed yesterday to watch on the senate floor our former house colleague friend, tim scott, whos worked on this for a long time, actually been a victim of racial profiling closely with a lot of people to bring a bill to the floor that had a lot of support. N and, yes, maybe some people had differences with the bill, but coming together and working through those differences, the democrats in the senate voted down the even bring the bill on the floor. The motion to proceed is the debate on to start the issue. They voted it down. How is that going to solve the even want you dont to debate the problem . At least here on the house floor were having a debate. An open amendment process where we can try to settle these differences here. Hats not going to happen, unfortunately. But i, as my colleague, mr. Armstrong, dont give up hope, we present the opportunity to solve this problem. Nd if you look at the bill, h. R. 7278, the justice act, by stauber, who served as a Police Officer for over 20 years. In aw the good and the bad policing. And he brings that unique perspective as somebody who problem. Solve the he will tell you that the person who doesnt want a bad cop more cop. Anybody is a good you dont want to go on a call with a bad cop. While t to root them out not undermining the important work that Law Enforcement officers do every day. R. Speaker, ive seen it firsthand. I would not be here today if it and t for the bravery heroism of Law Enforcement. Seen them risk their lives for myself and for other people. Maybe not knowing if theyre home that ke it night. And they do that every day. And if theres a bad cop, lets out. Them but we also need to make sure we dont undermine the ability for all ood cops that are around our communities, keeping us safe every day, they have a ight not only to keep us safe but they have a right to make it back home to see their families at the end of that night too. When were ke sure striking this important balance we dont forget about those two competing sides. This problem. We need to Work Together to get this done. Do that ully we will before this moment is lost. With that, mr. Speaker, i yield back. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman yields back. The gentleman from new york is recognized. Mr. Jeffries i now yield to my classmate, and distinguished gentleman from the great state of california, representative peters. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman is recognized. Mr. Peters thank you very much. Thank you for yielding. H. R. Today in support of 7120, the George Floyd Justice in policing act. Comments flect on the from the gentleman, my colleague from louisiana, we all believe people who e good became most cops are good people who became officers to serve their communities. The provisions in todays bills will help us support the good cops by rooting out the bad ones. Fundamentally, the culture of policing in this country must change. Nd theres a tremendous amount of support nationally, and i believe in this body, for better raining, transparency, and accountability. Its devastating were acting too late to save the lives of floyd and Breonna Taylor and eric garner and the many ther victims that havent even made headlines. But theres hope that this bill can save lives and protect black forward. Ing and we may not finish today, but this is an important start. Colleagues toe my support this legislation. Vote yes. I yield back. The speaker pro tempore the back. Man yields the gentleman from ohio is recognized. Mr. Jordan thank you, mr. Chairman. I yield to the republican good friend from the great state of california, one minute. The speaker pro tempore the recognized. Mr. Mccarthy i thank the gentleman for yielding. Thent to thank his work and work of his committee. I want to thank congresswoman bass. I served with her in the state assembly. One month, one month since george floyd was tragically killed. We all agree jorm floyd and countless others should be alive today. Republicans have listened to calls for justice and responded proactively. Leading our response has been senator tim scott. We could not ask for better to work on this. A black senator who has faced discrimination. A retired Law Enforcement officers wounded on the job in the state of minnesota, now serving in the house. The thoughtful efforts have produced something rare in this town, a bill that tries to solve a problem and not just score political points. It is truly a bipartisan plan with over 80 of the policies in the bill supported by democrats. The bill is a previous civil rights effort, such as when we did opportunity zones and school choice. In fact, it could be on its way to becoming law today. In a more sensible environment. It would pass on the merits with overwhelmingly bipartisan support. But we dont live in sensible times. When i looked at george when i looked George Floyds brother in the eye and told him george would not have died in vain, i meant it. To those on the other side of the aisle, i believe you meant it too. But theres questions that arise. Did you work in good faith across the aisle . Or did you choose to go it alone . Did you choose to make a point rather than make a difference . All while putting politics before people and slandering epublicans in the process. First you dismiss the justice act as ineffective before one single word was read. I never once said the Democrat Bill is a nonstarter, not once. I was asked at a press conference to name one thing that i oppose. I went back to the reporter and said no, i will not. Because this is a moment in time the country expects us to rise to the occasion. Im not going to point something i disagree with because i believe we could get to the point together. I had hoped that on this floor we would be debating amendments. Not one single amendment was allowed. Not one single amendment was allowed. I listened to the democrats on the other side because theyre in the position the republicans are here in the minority. They were offered 20 amendments. They felt they shouldnt go forward. Not to vote on the bill but not even to debate it. Would it be too much to offer . He minority one vote then you try to diminish its author. One Senate Democrat who is white went so far to say on the floor of the senate that senator scott, a black republican, was taking a token approach. I dont know if youve ever served with tim but theres no one who has higher character than the man i know. I dont know what its like to walk in other eems lives but tim is a good friend. Hes told me the story. Tim did not start working on this bill a month ago. Hes been working on it his entire life. Like others as well. Tim did not ask to do the bill on the senate side with no input if the other side of the aisle. Tim offered amendments and others but cant even move the bill forward. Now, youre defaming its supporter, saying as Speaker Pelosi absurdly claims that we are trying to get away with murder. The murder of george floyd. She know she is should have apologized but she doubled down on her remarks yesterday. That was a very sad state of affairs. Think for one moment, the speaker of the house, second in line to the president of the United States. That job is too big for words so small. Especially in this moment and in this opportunity. So much for meeting the moment and working together to solve a problem. Weve reached a new low in this body. Its not one i wanted to be part of. Democrats in the senate had the opportunity to add 20 amendments to address their concerns about the justice act but chose to walk away. Meanwhile, in the house hasnt given the republicans an opportunity to offer a single amendment on the floor. Ive been in the position of being majority leader. I understand you let a few make a decision. But i do not believe its the will of the other side of the aisle to shut out voices on this side. I do not believe that you think you have all the answers or are afraid to have a debate. When you know this is an issue that all americans on the street are rising up and want to have a voice heard. I dont understand why anybody is afraid to have amendments. We didnt stop for participating even though weve been shut out. Weve been to every hearing. Weve been to every place. We want to make law. Worse yet. Democrats are trying to distract from the partys failures in governing major american cities. While we stall serious reform allies and left wing mob are engaging in destruction and violence, attacking public property and monuments to heroes. There wasnt it was in the city of madison, wisconsin, not a republican stronghold but a democrat, for decades. There, local officials stood by as a mobber to down several statues that are publicly owned and entirely unoffensive. The first statue they tore down was of lady ford. A symbol of progress in the womens suffrage movement. Next theyer to down the sta child abuse of hands christian e. G. , an abolitionist who died fighting to end slavery in the civil war. But it wasnt just statues they attacked that night. The mob also ais alled a sitting state senator, a selfdescribed supporter of the protesters. This lawless and unjustified iolence must be stopped. But their own wisconsin Lieutenant Governor seemed too surprised by this act to do anything about it. The fatal mistake is to assume that democrats would be safe because as the Lieutenant Governor said, theyre on the proper side. But heres the reality. Mobs dont care about your political affiliation. Mobs wont draw any lines, because they cant draw any lines, because they are mobs. They dont want peace, justice rereform. They want obstruction, upheaval and control over you, over others and over our past, present and future. In this country no one is above the law no matter how proper the coastal elites or Mainstream Media deem their cause. It is our responsibility to respond with force and moral clarity. It happens in the speak ears district. Just a few short years ago, the pope spoke from these chambers. As he left, the leadership stopped at st. Sara and parade together. There was a statue in San Francisco that the mobber to own. Mob tore down. Im not sure but i havent seen any comment from the individual who represents that district. In fact, there socalled solution such as dismantling and disfunding police would only make the problem worse. Especially for our vulnerable communities. By giving left wing allies a pass, democrats are giving the mob more power. More license. And more ambition. That is a recipe not for justice but for more chaos. Mr. Speaker, Abraham Lincoln knew riots, mob rule and defunding the police present serious threats to the american way of life. As a young man he warn tad lawlessness in spirit quickly becomes lawlessness in practice. He knew if it was proper, and you ignored it, it would become a practice. Today we are witnessing the situation that lincoln feared, a war of Civil Society that is quickly escalating. We must summon the courage to protect lawabiding citizens against lawlessness. Our choice is clear. Civil society or chaos. Those are our only options. Republicans know which side we stand on. We will stand up, hold the line and fight until the mob is stopped. Enough is enough. Today on this floor, one month ago, i thought wed show the country that we are worthy of the office they let us serve in. We may be of different parties, im proud of mine. I was not born into the republican party. I came from a party of democrats. In my office i keep portraits. I keep a portrait of Abraham Lincoln, the first republican president. I love what he stood for. I love what he stood against. Malice toward none. I wonder what this nation would be had he not been assassinated. Would we ever have had jim crow laws or the k. K. K. . Would we even be standing here today . But i think george floyd would be. So would pat underwood. In my office in my chambers, i have fred lick douglass as my newest portrait. A man born into slavery, worked his way out, even though every reason to criticize this nation, loved it. For its bruises and sores and all. Because he believed in a more perfect union. Advisors to a president. And believing tomorrow would be better than today. Inside my Conference Room i keep a very big portrait of Washington Crossing the delaware. If the mob was allowed in theyd probably tear it down. You see, in that portrait, its painted not by an american but by an immigrant who lived here. Because america is more than a country. America is an idea. An idea about liberty and freedom. He thought if he painted this painting hed inspire others to believe in the freedom that we stand for. He gets it historically incorrect. He puts washington in a row boat with 3 people but only shows you 12 faces. You look at washington, hes in a ceremonial uniform with his hand on his chest, bigger than life. You think that man had never lost a battle but history tells us he had never won one yet. That was the night we surprised the hessians with our first victory. If you look at the portrait and see who is in it, you look at the second rower, a black american. The one next to him is scottish. Down in the red is a woman, in the back is a native american. I do not know if they were in the boat that night. But to this young immigrant thats who he believed, having lived in america, would be there. To the back you see this man, a farmer, with his hand across his face. The hand of the 3th person that nobody sees. O this young artist, he said here we are, not even a nation, but an idea. An idea based upon that we are all equal. Having never won a battle, willing to risk everything people would say on our holiest night, well go to a challenge in rough water and cross that wed never won before. Heres a hand would you get in and join us . Its as true today as it was then. In that portrait they didnt say only one party to join. They wanted all. They didnt say one had all the ideas. They said we were collected. And they were willing to do thing to do things they hadnt done before. They knew they were not perfect but strived to become a more perfect union. I had hoped that thats what we would see today. Today, that will not be the answer. But that can also not be the end. I would hope both of us would rise up on both sides and ask us to go to conference. Lets not miss this window of opportunity to show that we are worthy of the we are worthy of the cause we strive and the responsibility people give us. Lets not call each other names of murderers and others. Lets believe in the goodness of one another. And lets understand that we can solve this problem once and for all. With that, i yield back, mr. Speaker. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman yields back. The gentleman from new york is recognized. Mr. Nadler mr. Jeffries despite the representation just made, Speaker Pelosi, as she does, has risen to the occasion. The question is, will you . The republican minority leader just said that we have put politics over people. Thats insulting. Because its our children, our sons, our daughters, our brothers, our sisters, our fathers, our mothers, our husbands, our wives are the ones who are being killed. This is not about politics. Its not about politics. Racism has been in the soil of america since 1619. We need transformational action. The time to talk the talk is over. Its time to walk the walk. That is why we are moving forward with the George Floyd Justice and policing act. I now yield to my good friend, distinguished member of the new york delegation, a former federal prosecutor and district rninge of one of the largest offices in the nation, kathleen rice. Miss rice i offer my support to this bill. As my good friend, mr. Jeffries just said i spent the first 20 years as a career prosecutor and i have seen where it works and i have seen where it doesnt work sm the Police Accountability is one of the areas that is fundamentally broken but we need to do more than hold individual officers but address the system that protects them. Thats why im proud to cosponsor this bill that will make critical canges by banning the use of chokeholds and creating a registry and modifying the standard to hold and continue to listen to local black leaders back in my district on long island as we continue to root out injustice and discrimination. Black lives matter, mr. Speaker and about time that our laws and policies reflect that. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman from ohio is recognized. Mr. Jordan we just heard the conference chair that Speaker Pelosi rose to the occasion calling republican senators murderers is rising to the occasion . We have had all new kinds of definitions. We heard from the Committee Chair fert Judiciary Committee that antifa is imaginary and the conference chair said and oh, by the way, it wasnt just republicans that voted but two democrats and an independent and we get somehow that language, the speaker of the house as the republican leader said that the individual second line of the president rising to the occasion using language like that preceded by the chairman of the Judiciary Committee and focused on the constitution saying an organization that the president of the United States has called terrorists is imaginary. Thats what we hear on the house floor . I appreciate the Republican Leaders remarks and i thought they were right on target. And he we will reserve the remapeder of our time, mr. Chairman. Mr. Thompson as someone who has been both a victim of police incense activity and someone who has spent his entire life in an area known for police mistreating people and somebody who represents the area where emmet teele was killed and his accuser wore a badge. So therl notion that somehow Law Enforcements activities just started is not true. But you know, you have to walk in my shoes. And the shoes of the Congressional Black Caucus to know what we are talking about. I hope at some point we can get there. Im a grandfather. The story that my father told me about Law Enforcement, this date, im telling him that same story 50 years later, Law Enforcement hadnt changed. And what we have to do if we are committed to it and we have to support this bill. And the notion that the system how broken is operating it was designed. So we have to fix it. And we physical it by supporting this bill. I yield back. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. The gentleman from ohio is recognized. Mr. Jordan we reserve. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. The gentleman from new york is recognized. Mr. Jeffries how much time do we have . The speaker pro tempore 17 minutes. Mr. Jeffries i yield to a representative bustos. Mrs. Bustos thank you, mr. Speaker, i rise today as a wife of a sheriff and i rise in support of the justice and policing act. I have listened to so many people throughout the strict the i have heard who are hurting, so many stories of people who are in pain. A woman whose cousin died that a Police Officer used a neck restraint and that was in 2010. Her family has been fighting for justice ever since. I recognize that i as a white woman cannot fully understand the pain that black america caps feel, but i know that if we are going to make real and lasting change to end systemic racism, i must care just as much and i must be just as motivated as those in the communities who are hurting most. Today, i lift their voices. America will hear you. For this familys decadehong quest for justice, we can, we will and we must act. I yield back. Ism the gentlelady yields back. Mr. Jordan we reserve. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. The gentleman from new york is recognized. Mr. Jeffries i yield to a great new member of the freshman class, distinguished the gentleman from from the great state of new jersey, tom mallin now sky. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman is recognized. Rs. Maloney i will proudly mr. Malinowski and because i believe what we need right now before above all is trust, trust between Law Enforcement and the people, all the people they are sworn to protect. Trust is not built by police who use force as a first resort and not built by police that look like they are the 82nd airborne parachuting or hiding problems so abusive officers get fired for misconduct and get rehired. It is built from training, accountability that every Public Servant welcomes. This bill is surely the start ofal process that will make us better. And so please, lets get this process started. And if you want to fund the police, if you want to support the good cops who are out there, then please, ask the senate to support the heroes act along side Police Reform, the whole point of which was to help our state and local governments keep our First Responders on the job. Thank you. And i yield become. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman from ohio is recognized. Mr. Jordan i reserve. Mr. Jeffries i yield one minute to the gentlelady from state of california, judy chu. Ms. Chu the lynching of george floyd shocked our nation. That one of countless man was murdered. After centuries of inequality and prejudice and discrimination, people are crying out for justice. Today we are taking action. The just is and policing act urbs the Police Brutality, chokeholds would be banned. Eadly force would be banned. And body cameras would be mandatory. It limits qualified immunity which protects police. But reform is not enough. We must change the culture of policing which this bill does for funding of states and communities. George floyd was not the first black man killed by police. But with this legislation he can hopefully be amongst the last. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman from ohio is recognized. Mr. Jordan i reserve. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman from new york. Mr. Jeffries i yield one minute to the gentleman from florida, representative soto. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman is recognized. Mr. Soto mr. Speaker, in my florida if kissimmee, joined local protests. We came together, members of the naacp, black lives matter, local Police Chiefs and multitude of our puerto rican brothers and sisters and we condemned hate and stood houston fide for change. I led a conversation on justice and equality with plaque civil rights leaders, Law Enforcement and local officials. I listened intently and voices were clear. Black lives matter and support the George Floyd Justice and policing act of 2020. We see you, and hear you and honor those we lost with action. And with that. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. The gentleman from ohio. Mr. Jordan i reserve. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman from new york. Mr. Jeffries i yield one minute o the distinguished gentlelady from commonwealth of massachusetts. Ms. Trahan we have long encountered excuses why we cant tackle this in america. Excuses that prevented equality in health care and classroom, housing, in the workplace and yes in the way Police Interact with communities they are sworn. That approach led to a deadly reality where black lives are equal on paper, but not in real life. We know this because the data shows it. Black americans are more likely to die to a trip to the hospital ap likely to be killed while unarmed by the police. We know that george floyd should alive and brie owna taylor, tamir rice and eric garner. And it is long overdue and we owe it to make this bill law and get to work fixing the injustice that has been in our country and create a truly equal and just america for everyone to call home. I yield become. The speaker pro tempore the gentlelady yields back. The gentleman from ohio. Mr. Jordan we reserve. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman from new york. Mr. Jeffries i yield to the gentlelady from the debate state of new york, ms. Clarke. Ms. Clarke i thank our conference chair i rise in support of the George Floyd Justice and appliesing act. Breonna taylor, george floyd, eric que, sand dra bland, garner, sean bell, patrick, how many more black lives must be hashtagged . I heard my colleagues make every excuse under the sun for maintaining the status committee. Not today. When americans are tying and have been doing so for generations enough is enough and Congress Must act. This legislation will make Police Accountable for their acks. 1976, randall evans, unarmed black boy shot down. 1978, Arthur Miller choked to death. Ooklyn, new york, my first protest. Breonna taylor shot dead in her home. George floyd choked to death. Only crime being black. The only black women in congressional delegation and it will remain true, black lives matter, no justice, no peace. I choose justice. Mr. Jordan we reserve. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman from new york. Mr. Jeffries i yield two minutes to the gentlelady from michigan, ms. Tlaib. The speaker pro tempore the gentlelady is recognized. Tlaib 70yearold 17yearold Ayana Stanley jones would have graduated high school if she had not been killed when police raided her home, the wrong home. Who killed george floyd should be the focus but also what killed george floyd. We are talking centuries of dehumanizing black folks in our country and it must end now. We cannot stop here, we are again failing our neighbors when it comes to Public Safety, education, poverty, Structural Racism, which is deadly and its up to us to tear it down. So its not enough for us to just say black lives matter. We in this chamber have the power for real policy change and implementation that truly free ours black neighbors. So iana, george, breonna, we failed you but your murders may be the way not to continue the injustice we see in our country. We have to stop it now. Thank you and i yield back the remainder of my time. The speaker pro tempore the gentlewoman yields. The gentleman from ohio is recognized. Mr. Jordan welcome mr. Jordan we reserve. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman from new york is recognized. Mr. Jeffries i yield to the gentleman from the great state of colorado, an army ranger, a patriot and a great member of the United States house of representatives, representative jason crow. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman is recognized. Mr. Crow i rise in honor of elijah, mcclain, a young of elijah mcclane, a young block man who died in police custody. Skid elijahs mother what she wanted to tell the world about her son. Here are her words. He spread joy wherever he went, he was a lover of all blings, he dedicated his energy to healing others in his work as a massage therapist and playing his violin at the Animal Shelter to keep them from being lonely. Colorado was blessed by elijahs legacy and last week we passed the most prans formative police bill in the country. Tonight it is congress turn to do the same. I urge my colleagues to join me in passing the George Floyd Justice in policing act. The time for talk in congress is over. My vote ninety will be cast for elijah mcclane. I yield back. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman from ohio is recognized. Mr. Jordan we reserve. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman from new york is recognized. Mr. Jeff reese i yield to the gentleman from the great state of texas, chair of the congressional hispanic caucus, joaquin castro. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman is recognized. Mr. Castro for far too long, too many people have lost their lives to Police Brutality and for far too long the government failed to protect the people. That changes today. This is a first significant step to save lives, especially black lives. In my hometown of san antonio, Police Violence has existed for generations. In just the last few years, marquise jones was killed by an offduty officer during routine fender bender. Tony scott was killed by an officer who thought his cell phone was a gun. Charles roundtree was killed by police, he was only 18 years old. The Latino Community has also suffered from Police Brutality. Carlos lopez the latest to be killed. 40 years ago in san antonio, hector was killed by a Police Officer who had also killed a black man, bobby joe phillips, in 1968. The cases we see on video are only a frack of the misconduct and abuse that occurs every day leaving long lasting physical, mental and sose yo logical damage. The good, lifesaving work of police is undercut by the blue code of secrecy, officers who refuse to tell on each other, Police Unions who never admit when theyre wrong and politicians who have been afraid to take on Police Unions. This Congress Must have the courage to tact now and pass this legislation. I yield back. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman yield back. The gentleman from ohio is recognized. Mr. Jordan reserve. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman from new york is recognized. Mr. Jeff reese i yield one minute to the distinguished gentleman from the great state of illinois, raja krishnamoorthi. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman is recognized. Mr. Krishnamoorthi i rise in support of the justice in policing act. In 2019 the usa today published the largest public database of disciplinary records for Police Officers. They found that fewer than 10 of officers in most Police Forces have been investigated. But of those who are investigated, most have 10 or more misconduct charges and worse, some faced more than 100 allegations. Almost all still had their still have their badges today. To address this issue the justice in policing act includes a National Registry to bring transparency to disciplinary decisions. To brick disciplinary to Police Misconduct and to bring transparency to the high cost of irresponsible individuals to taxpayers. The george floyd act is about transparency and sunlight. We need that now more than ever. I yield back. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman yields back. The gentleman from ohio is recognized. Mr. Jordan reserve. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman from new york is recognized. Mr. Jeff reese how much time do we have left on our side . The speaker pro tempore 7 1 2. Mr. Jeff reese thank you. One minute to the distinguished gentleman from the great state of oregon, mr. Blumenauer. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman is recognized. Mr. Blumenauer im honored to stand for the justice and accountability act an important step for racial justice. I hope our approval will soften the hearts in the senate because there is much to do. Im honored to work with another champion for justice, congresswoman barbara lee whose marijuana justice act would be the next step repealing nixons blatantly racist prohibition of marijuana with its selective enforcement against young black men. Which continues to enshare ensnare tens of thousands of young black men every month for something that americans think should be legal. Lets approve the more act, already passed out of the Judiciary Committee, the next tritt crith call step in racial Justice Reform and protecting young black men from oppression. Thank you and i yield back. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman yields back. The gentleman from ohio is recognized. Mr. Jordap we reserve. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman reserves. This gentleman from new york is recognized. Mr. Jeff reese i yield one minute to the distinguished gentleman from the great state of maryland, the former head of the naacp as well as the Congressional Black Caucus, representative mfume. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman is recognized. Mr. Mfume i thank the chair of our caucus for yielding. I listened intently with the litany the minority leader chose to deliver and i watched and looked through a lens of history about his admonitions about our 16th president , Abraham Lincoln and they were all well stated. I think the bottom line though is in any debate there ought to be real context. So there are other things that lincoln said that are relevant to this debate as well. In 1848, in a speech delivered in edwardsville, illinois, he spoke these words to his countrymen, and i quote. He said when you have succeeded in dehumanizing the negro, when you have put him down and made it but for him to be but as the beast of the field, when you have extinguished his soul in this world and placed him where the ray of hope is blown out, as in the darkness of the damned, are you quite sure that the dehuman will not turn and rend you . Lincoln went on to say derek stroy the negres spirit and you would have planted the seeds of despotism at your own doorstep. He said ignore the chains of bondage and you prepare your own limbs to wear them. And finally he said, accustomed to trample on the rights and the freedoms of others, and you would have lost the Creative Genius of your own independence and then become the fifth subject of the first cunning fit subject of the first cunning tyrant who rises among you. While i appreciate the minority leaders comments i think its important that we have context in this debate and we have driven here and been driven here by the actions of people all across this country who want justice, who want an to end Police Violence, who want an end to rogue cops and want to be able to live, work and breathe in a society like anyone else. Thank you, mr. Speaker, i thank the distinguished leader, and i yield back the balance of my time. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman yields back. The gentleman from ohio is recognized. Mr. Yordan we reserve. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman from new york is recognized. Mr. Jeffries we are prepared to close, we have no additional speakers. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman from ohio. Mr. Yordan thank you, mr. Speaker. It seems to me four principles should frame our work in putting together policies that help the country. First and foremost we need to recognize, as we all do, the tragedy that took place in minneapolis. The taking of George Floyds life was just that, a tragedy, never should have happened, its as wrong as wrong can be and his family deserves justice. As do others. Republican leader mentioned pat underwood. His death was as wrong as wrong can be. His family deserves justice as well. Second, we should condemn violence and also the creation of any type of autonomous zone separate from our great country. There is a big difference between peaceful protests and some of the things we have seen. People protesting, thats first amendment. Weve all engaged in it. Thats apple pie. Thats america. But peaceful protest is different than the rioting we have seen. Peaceful protest is different than the looting we have seen. Peaceful protesting is different than the violence we have witnessed, the attacking of people the taking of peoples business and destroying them. Peaceful protest is different than different than chas and chop and these autonomous zones that are forming. The vast, vars majority of Police Officerses are good. Good people. Doing great work. Risking their lives every time they put the uniform on and serve their shift, do their duty. Theyre the guys who protect us here on capitol hill. Theyre the folks who rushed into the twin towers on 9 11. Theyre the guys who gals back home, men and women back home who protect our community. We should remember that. Fourth. Defunding the police is crazy. One of the most crazy ideas ive ever heard. Youve got the mayor of new york the mayor of new york is going to cut the police 1 billion. The super majority on the city council of minneapolis want to abolish the police. So many other major cities saying the same thing. This congress started with democrats saying abolish i. C. E. Now we have democrats in big cities around our country saying defund the police and get rid of Police Departments. Makes no sense. Those four principles should seem to me to be commonsense. Should form the framework to Work Together. Unfortunately the democrats tnt want to Work Together. Didnt want to Work Together. Saw it yesterday in the senate. Saw it last week in the house. In the committee. Amendments offered last week, none accepted. No amendments allowed on the floor today. Couldnt move to debate in the United States senate. The only bipartisanship weve seen on this issue was yesterday in the senate when two democrats and one independent voted to move forward on senator scotts legislation. Lets hope on this issue, this important issue and others that we can begin to working to for the gad of the American People. For the gd of this great country. Greatest nation, not perfect, greatest nation ever though. And when you live in the greatest nation ever, i think the people of this great country want us to Work Together to find the solution that makes sense that makes good commonsense fit within those principles i talked about. Thats what i hoped ewe could do over the last few weeks. Thats not the course the majority has taken. I urge a no vote and yield back the balance of our time. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman yields back. The gentleman from new york is recognized. Mr. Jeffries let me begin by thanking the chair of the Congressional Black Caucus and prime sponsor of this legislation, karen bass, for her extraordinary leadership on such a critical issue during such a critical moment in time. I also want to thank the distinguished chair of the house Judiciary Committee, congressmannierry nadler, for his tremendous leadership in ushering this bill through committee and to the floor of the house of representatives. I want to thank Speaker Pelosi and the entire House Democratic caucus for rising to the occasion at this particular moment in time. I want to thank my colleagues on the other side of the aisle for participating in debate and sharing their ideas. Though i will note that many of my republican colleagues spent this debate talking about antifa. Talking about the autonomous zones. Talking about abolishing the police which appears nowhere within the four corners of this legislation. They know what this bill is really all about. It criminalizes the choke hold. Because its about george floyd. Who was strappingled to death with a knee to his neck for eight minutes and 46 seconds while handcuffed. Its about being handcuffed while black. About george floyd. They know this bill is really about tamir rice. A 12yearold who was gunned down while playing in a cleveland park. Its about tamir rice because the bill will establish a registry for brutal officers. So that jurisdictions will have some visibility into who they are hiring. He officer who murdered the officer has been fired by a Neighboring Department for brutal behavior. And then he was hired by the Cleveland Police department with tragic consequences because they had no visibility into his record. This bill is about tamir rice. They know this bill is about Breonna Taylor, sleeping while black, gunned down because of a noknock warrant in a drug case that was falsely executed in louisville. And now a husband has lost his wife. About Breonna Taylor. They know that. Its about countless individuals. And in this great country of ours, killed by Police Officers without justification. Yes, we know that the majority of Police Officers certainly, the ones i interact with those in palestinian are hardworking individuals who are in the community to protect and serve. But there are violent officers. There are brutal officers. There are abusive officers. And far too often, they are not held accountable because of a toxic culture that exists and that cannot be denied. Not month after month. Not year after year, but decades after decades after decades. We know the names. Many of those names were called today from the floor of the house of representatives, but he names are too numerous to mention. Thats why we are here, to do something transformative about it. Im thankful for those peaceful protestors who gone out in four rners of america, yes led by africanamerican men and women, but joined by every other race. Ack, white, lat tino, asia yabamerican, multi rasheal, multi generational, coming together saying enough, we need to deal with systemic racism and start with the cancer of Police Brutality. That is what the George Floyd Justice and policing bill is all about. Some about antifa or autonomous or defunding the police that doesnt appear in this bill. But lets have a real debate. You are entitled to your own opinion, but not entitled to your own facts. Those words ring true. That president john adams. Im thankful to the House Democratic caucus for rising to the cage. We have said to the protestors of every race throughout america, we hear you, we see you , we are you. Death you know that the of george floyd was not called to my attention by a fellow member of congress, by my chief of staff or legislative director but called to my attention by my young son who said dad, its happened again. What are you going to do about it . And those words ran straight through to my heart. And i say to him and say to all those other black children in america, we are here today as House Democrats to do something about it. Pass the george floyd soon after that, the house went on to pass the george floyd act. Representatives Brian Fitzpatrick of pennsylvania, will heard of texas, in fred upton of michigan were the only republicans to vote in favor. Exactlys passage comes one month after the death of george floyd in police custody. It now heads to the senate, where republicans tried earlier this week to introduce their own Police Reform bill, but were blocked by Senate Democrats who are seeking additional provisions to the legislation. Thelways, you can follow house live on cspan and the senate live on cspan2. Here is a look at our live coverage friday on cspan. The house is back at 9 00 a. M. Eastern to consider the bill from d. C. Delegate Eleanor Holmes norton that would make washington dc the 51st state. Thespan2 at 10 00 eastern, select subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis hold a hearing with u. S. Comptroller general and head of the Government Accountability office june daddario to discuss the recommendations on the federal response to the pandemic. Day, dr. Anthony fauci from the National Institute of allergy and Infectious Diseases and cdc director dr. Robert redfield speak to the u. S. Conference of mayors. That gets underway at 1 00 p. M. Eastern. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi spoke about the legislative agenda with Washington Post ash and political reporter robert costa