the senate committee will come to order. i think all of our witness for being here. i apologize for the delay, but we had a vote, and i thank the witnesses who are participating remotely today. before we begin the hearing, let me take a moment to recognize that today s the one-year anniversary of the murder of george floyd. a lot of events that have occurred in this past year provide necessary accountability, but it isn t true accountability, and it isn t true justice. justice would be for floyd for george floyd to be here alive, today. true justice, equality and equity require real action and real change in policing all across our society elimination of racism, wherever it exists. there is a lot of work to do. the subcommittee on the constitution will have a part in it. so will our entire senate, and we need to move forward with action to match this moment of reckoning for our country. we are here this afternoon for our third hearing on another critical issue facing our
the senate committee will come to order. i think all of our witness for being here. i apologize for the delay, but we had a vote, and i thank the witnesses who are participating remotely today. before we begin the hearing, let me take a moment to recognize that today s the one-year anniversary of the murder of george floyd. a lot of events that have occurred in this past year provide necessary accountability, but it isn t true accountability, and it isn t true justice. justice would be for floyd for george floyd to be here alive, today. true justice, equality and equity require real action and real change in policing all across our society elimination of racism, wherever it exists. there is a lot of work to do. the subcommittee on the constitution will have a part in it. so will our entire senate, and we need to move forward with action to match this moment of reckoning for our country. we are here this afternoon for our third hearing on another critical issue facing our
participating remotely today. before we begin, let me take a moment to recognize today is the one-year anniversary of theed murder of george floyd. a lot of events in the past year need necessary accountability, but it s not true accountability and true justice. justice would be for george floyd to be here alive today. true justice, equality and equity require real action and real change and policing and all across our society elimination of racism wherever it exists. there s a lot to work to do. the subcommittee on the constitution will have a part in it. so will our entire senate. we need to move forward with action to match this moment of reckoning for our country. we re here this afternoon for our third hearing involved in stopping the end of gun violence that claims more than 100 lives every day in the united states. in our first two hearings we covered red flag laws and ghost guns. now we re turning to safe storage. ethan s law, which i introduced in this congress would
annualized rate. a lot stronger than originally expected. consumer opponent. what you and your family are spending at home. that was pretty good. general business cap spending, investment in the future. also very strong. multiyear high there. we ll get into all of that. the president no doubt bouncing on all of that. we have the national republican conference committee matt gorman joining us, democrat strategist capri cafaro. fox news contributor kat timpf. someone who just watched joe biden join the parade of those that want to be next president of the united states. one of the message ask about more than the economy. about the sometime at white house. what he said on the view, an cooed yesterday in his remarks i will set a boater tone. what do you think? joe biden is trying to make the race at least on his behalf hope versus fear, good versus evil. he does run a risk though, taking that tact, here s why. one of the reasons why joe biden has been perceived more competiti
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