The whole thing i was saying went right over the head and you prove my case again. All that was missing was another cheap shot or a bucket of chicken. Back. D the gentleman yields. The question occurs on the amendment. Im sorry. Thewhat purpose does gentleman from california seek recognition . The gentleman is recognized. Chairman, 13 years ago i partnered with the California State Senate democrats in advocating for an open records act for complaints against Police Officers. Five years ago i cosponsored Hank Johnsons stop military rising the police act militarizing the police act. If you are seeking bipartisan support for police reform, you would have it. If you had sought consultation and compromise and cooperation, if you reached across the aisle, you would have found many sincere allies. Not only did you not offer republicans a seat at the table, you have not offered her publicans seats in the committee room, disenfranchising many of us who thought this issue was too important to ph
Thank you, mr. Chairman, i have an amendment at the desk. And the nature of a substitute to hr 71 120, at the end of the bill the following, recorded. I have an instruction to the amendment. The gentleman is recognized. Thank you, mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, over the past few weeks we have seen thousands of americans exercise the right to peacefully protest. I applaud these individuals for spurring the important debate we are having today about police conduct. However, we are also seeing rioting, looting, and violence. This destructive and frankly despicable behavior led to the murder and maiming of Law Enforcement officers, including David Patrick underwood and david dorn. And these destructions and the destruction of cities and the destruction of my owned businesses. Violence is not protected by the first amendment. Those participating in such reprehensible actions should face the full force and extent of the law. One such group inciting violence in our communities is that of leftist
Mr. Sanders all right. Thats good, too. Mr. President , as everybody mr. President , as everybody mr. President is Everybody Knows our country faces an extraordinary unprecedented fact in the modern history of this country. Over the last several weeks, hundreds of thousands of americans from one end of the country big cities and small towns have taken to the streets to demand an end to Police Murder and brutality to rethink the nature of policing in america. In the midst of that rising up for the Police Department rethinking and murder and brutality, our country continues to suffer from the covid 18 pandemic which in a number of locations in this country iswo getting worse and which has up to this point killed over 110,000 people and infected over 2 million americans. And then on top of all of that struggle for racial justic justice, dealing with a pandemic in the midst of all of that, we have the worst economic downturn since the Great Depression of the 18 thirties and the last number
America. And in the midst of that, that rising up for Police Department rethinking and Police Department murder and brutality, in the midst of all that, our country continues to suffer from the covid19 pandemic which in a number of locations in this country is actually getting worse and which has up to this point killed over 110,000 people and infected over two million americans. And then on top of all of that, the struggle for Racial Justice dealing with ap pandemic in the midst with a pandemic in the midst of all that we have the worst economic downturn since the Great Depression of the 1930s. And in the last number of months, as you know, over 32 million americans have lost their jobs. Mr. President , in the midst of the struggle for Racial Justice, in the midst of this horrific health care crisis, in the midst of this economic meltdown, the American People are demanding to know what their government is doing in response to these crises. We were elected as senators, members of the h
Unprecedented in fact in the modern history of this country. Over the last several weeks, hundreds of thousands of americans from one end of this country to the other, pigs cities, small towns have rightly taken to the streets to demand andr and the Police Murder and brutality and in fact, to rethink the nature of policing in america. And in the midst of that, rising up for the Police Departments rethinking and the Police Departments murder and brutality in the midst of all of that, our country continues to suffer from that covid19 pandemic. And its in a number of locations in this country, is actually getting worse. And which has up to this point, killed over 110,000 people. And infected over 2 million americans. And then on top of all of that, the struggle for Racial Justice dealing with a pandemic in the midst of all of that, we have the worst economic downturn since the Great Depression of the 1930s. In the last number of months as you know, over 32 million americans have lost thei