chair jerry nadler. death ofer: the tragic george floyd has been a wake-up call for americans feel yet the streets are lined with protesters demanding fundamental change in the culture of law enforcement and meaningful accountability for officers who commit misconduct. today, we answer that call. we value and respect the brave and honorable police officers who put their lives on the line to protect our communities. we know most law enforcement officers do their jobs with dignity, selflessness and honor. they are deserving of our respect and gratitude for all they do to keep us safe. we must also acknowledge that there are too many up exceptions, too many law enforcement officers that don t uphold protecting and serving. the reality for too many americans, especially for too many african-americans, is that police officers are perceived as a threat to their liberty, their dignity, and all too often, to their safety. and to those who do not believe it, look at these tragic sta
jobs with dignity, selflessness, and honor. they are deserving of our respect and gratitude for all they do to keep us safe. but we must also acknowledge that there are too many exceptions. too many law enforcement officers do not oppose the ethic of protecting and serving their community. instead the reality for too many americans, especially for too many african-americans, is that police officers are perceived as a threat to their liberties, dignity, and all too often to their safety. to those who do not believe it, look at the tragic statistics. african-americans are more than twice as likely to be shot and killed by police each year. and black men between the ages of 15 and 34 are approximately 10 times more likely to be killed by police than other americans. this is not a new problem. our country s history of racism and racially motivated violence, rooted in the original sin of slavery, and lynchings and jim crow and systemic racism continues to haunt our nation. we see
transparency through data collection, and reform police training and policies. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to house resolution 1017, the amendment in the nature of a substitute recommended by the committee on the judiciary, printed in the bill, modified by the amendment printed in part d of report 116- 436 is adopted and the bill as amended is considered as read. the bill as amended shall be debatable for four hours equally divided among and controlled by the chair and ranking member of the committee on the judiciary. the gentleman from new york, mr. nadler, and the gentleman from ohio, mr. jordan, will each control two hours. the chair recognizes the gentleman from new york. mr. nadler. mr. nadler: i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days to evise and extend their remarks and insert extraneous material on h.r. 7120. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. nadler: madam speaker, i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speake
you still want a jacket certainly when you walk out the door, into the 30 s, after all, in reading, allentown, also into the 40 s, up and down the shore point here. that ocean water pretty much on par with the actual air temperature at this point, too. as we look forward in the forecast here on your tuesday, with time, those showers are going to clear out. you supply to fine yourself flicking windshield wipers number of times, but as clouds break we do brighten up for some sunshine. also going to warm up very efficiently, up to 58 degrees here this afternoon. nice, almost 60. all right, katie, thank you so much for that. good morning, just waking up with us, very good morning to you. happy tuesday. so what are we looking at right snow? flares on the roadway, crews out there, so this was an accident that happened on the schuylkill near broad street. it happened around 3:00 a.m. and right now, the schuylkill eastbound closed between passyunk avenue and packer avenue in south
weaving near the reston metro station this week. he sped up, saw her passed out behind the wheel. this man who is hearing impaired took action. translator: i didn t know what i was going to do but i had to help the person who was in the car. i jumped out of the my truck and ran toward the vehicle. the door was locked. i tried to get in and i looked and saw that the driver was slumped over. the woman crashed into his car which was the only thing that stopped her from going down a hill and picking up speed. she eventually woke up and police believe she suffered a seizure. she s believed to be okay. it s a capitol hill institution. yeah, it s set to make a comeback more than a decade after going up in flames. fragert harwell will be rebuilt along pennsylvania avenue southeast in its original home. you may recall the fire that destroyed the store. investigators say a discarded cigarette was likely the cause. they d been doing business at that site since 1920. the real estat