Racial injustice. Here in Congress Democrats sought to turn anger and frustration and sometimes despair in ourl country. Real and meaningful action. Democrats wish to seize the moment in three weeks ago democrats announced to build and finally bring strong comprehensive and lasting change to Police Department across america. Injustice and policing act led by senators booker and harris. The house of representatives, will pass that bill this week. But here in the senate, we have a much different story. Senate republicans responded to our comprehensive legislation that proposes the belt that is so much weaker innd nearly every single count. And worse still, is completely silent on so many issues that screen out for action. Should Police Officers be held to greater accounts and they violated americans constitutional rights. The republican bill is silent. He should Police Departments continue to have easy access to military equipment and the republicans had silent spring should Police Department be forced to change in behavior when it comes to racial profiling. Should the development or use of standards and should the Justice Department be empowered to investigate Police Departments. They have bad patterns and practices. Silence, silence, silence. In the place of real change and accountability for Police Departments the republican bill proposes slow studies and commissions and wait dont need to study the problem of Police Misconduct and violence. We need to solids. But these issues are multifaceted and difficult and complex. But the republican legislation pretenses of info of Police Brutality is intact the reality of little more than a runny nose for the republican legislation pretends that as if the cancer Police Brutality is in the alley a little more than a runny nose. The National Conversation about policing reform which is been ongoing for several years on terrible killing of george floyd. B his windpipe crushed by an officer a capstan floyds neck. For nine minutes. Nearly nine minutes. Bill might rip something offensive drafted without any complainant dan type of brutal tactics that led to George Floyds death. It does not initially prevent the kind of tactics that sparked this whole debate in the first place. And Breonna Taylor was asleep in her bedroom in louisville, kentucky, when they were executing a no knock warrant by the police. The republican bill does not ban the no knock warrants and is a limited or require Police Department to provide more information before obtaining them from the force. It calls for more data. More data. On the use of no knock. On the tragic loss of Breonna Taylor, how can it not even attempt to prevent the kind of events that led to her death. Mention of president johnson in the march and the Righteous Movement for civil rights in america, had proposed a bill called for more data on the effectiveness of taxes and other butchering intimidation techniques. Imagine the present johnson instead the Voting Rights act, the commission has studied the issue a little bit more. There is no t escaping the fact that Senate Republicans have drafted a policing bill that is deeply fundamentally and irrevocably flawed. In the democrats normally the ones to say so. This mornings washington post, the floyd family lawyer, reverend sharpton, the Legal Defense fund, they urged senators to oppose the gop reform bill. They call it a non starter and that is what we believe as well. Last night the Legal Defense fund said that it cannot support legislation that is not in body the strong accountability framework for Police Officers and other Law Enforcement officers who engage in misconduct. The lawyers for the families, of george floyd and Breonna Taylor paid one of the nations most renowned civil rights attorneys, Benjamin Crump wrote, the republican legislation is in contrast to the demands of the people who have been protesters. And the black community is tired of lip service instructed the republicans proposal to be thought of as legislation. That is lawyer. The families of george floyd and Breonna Taylor. Maybe repeat the attorney representing the families seeking justice believe the republican bill is completely inaccurate to it and can be part of hardly be thought of as legislation. How does legal mcconnell respond to that charge friedman and family lawyer said is bill is a nonstarter. Civil Rights Groups. Who have been the noble guardians of these issues for generations, and want nothing more than to see meaningful legislation, are urging the senate to reject the republicans proposal. They see this bill for the field and cynical ploy that it is. Their opposition the speak louder than almost any other. How does america believe when it comes to dealing with these issues. Leader mcconnell this seems to be new tohe these issues for the civil Rights Groups who have been fighting for change for decades. Who does america believe. Wera democrats are certain that the plan cannot result in any legislation passing. It is clear the republican bill as as will not get 60 votes. There is overwhelming opposition the vilna carcass. And because the bill being such largescale fundamental change, there is no t conceivable way te series of memos Strong Enough to kill the bill, could garnish those moses well either no bill will pass as a result of this ploy by senator mcconnell. The republican majority has given this inventive bill and proposed no credible way to sufficiently improve its. Simply put, leader mcconnell has created a culdesac from which no legislation can emerge. The mcconnell plan appears to be designed to get the burden of dealing with policing reform off republican shoulders by setting up a process which is guaranteed not to result in successful legislation. Again it, Leno Mcconnell is leading the senate into a full sack, a process designed to fail. But there is a way out of this way. Esac, yes there is a it is the same process that is led to success in the senate time and time again is a simple word bipartisanship. This morning, senator smoker, harris tonight, are sending a letter to leader mcconnell. Stressing the need for bipartisan talk to get a constructive starting point on policing reform. Our two parties could get together to drafted bipartisan proposal and even if we dont agree on everything, we can agree to invoke real amendment process than we might produce a bill that has reshot opposing. If the republican leader would acknowledge the obvious need for these talks, theres a real chance we could produce legislation that has a a shot at passing. So we are pleading with leader mcconnell, instead pressing forward with this partisan bill that is designed to make sure that no bill passes. Leader mcconnell will produce real meaningful policing reform. In the senate, where 60 votes are required to achieve almost anything about a bipartisan process is the only way to move forward. My friends, this could be a moment for the senate to rise to erthe occasion. Theres certainly something happening out there in america. As of thousands of protesters of every face in color and age have taken to the streets to demand change. If americans out of the country can together during an righteous course, calling for change. We the senate can at least try to come to deliberate. But its going to take more than games in the senate the leader mcconnell seems to be now playing. Were going to have toov rise above the take it or leave it legislature. And then a strapless in the status quo on so many issues. Were able to reach a three telling emergency package before bringing it to the floor senate. It went on and on budget. In criminal Justice Reform hard on the great a american act. The bipartisan put together an immigration bill that passed the senate with more than twomo this vote. But a very contentious issue because it wasco bipartisan. So on even thorny issues like police reform, we can and we must work with each other and we need to in order to achieve a bill that can actually pass the senate. So let me repeat my request. To leader mcconnell. Let us not retreat to our supporters on such a vital issue. Let us appeal to the hiring of this chamber and try to find bill together. I yield to the senator from new jersey. I think you for the recognition and the Senate Leader for his words. The democratic leader talked about what is happening in our country. Ive never seen Something Like this before films alled my years were hundreds of thousands of americans have been out in protest and not just certain sectors. All 50 states, large cities and small towns. Americans from every background. Race, religion, political party. Have joined together following the gruesome capture the torture and murder of a fellow american. Athis is a profound moment. It was the more momentum we know this is not a partisan moment because the group will. All americans is evident. From National Polling that shows that real reform is wildly supported by people both parties to just their voices, the people that are saying that we are a nation formed around the fundamental idea of life, liberty and the pursuit of happyness pretty to have it so fundamentally violated. The call is for us to act. To come together. Good men women do something to protect human lives read and we have done that before the ,federal level. In a bipartisan way. T come together to protect people against indiscriminate violence. The violence against womens act, to even the historical bipartisan work that went on to get 99 members of this body behind an anti clinching bill. I am grateful for that aspect of our history that this is a body that is acted upon times to try and to protect human life will no one paid much of video abatements and 46 seconds again. Andbo this body now old and true moral choice of how we act but will be doing this moment in our country will become together and protect life and liberty will we do nothing and allow the violence to have fun, cycles in our nation name after name after Name Company Name that we know in the thousands of other names that we do not know. Black lives being abused, civil rights being violated. Lives being lost because we have failed the moment in our nation. A little over two weeks ago, leader schumer, senator harris tonight with colleagues in the house introduced an act that was narrowly o focused on accountability. The zero in on what we can do to create an accountability to ensure oversight to implement transparency in a man action the people in this country in both parties widely believe should must be banned. The bill that is being put forth by leader mcconnell, is wholly unacceptable to bring accountability transparency, consequences, when a common values of the country are violated. This is not about partisanship prettyil republican bill in a democratic go for it is about taking meaningful action that will create change. The bill the leader mcconnell was to put. On is called the justice hatch. It does not in any way even serve as ave starting point remn a baseline for negotiation. The American People are on the streets chanting we want more data. We want more data. Immigrant people are not in the streets chanting give us a commission. Give us a commission. We know the data. We have commissions all the way to the 21st Century Task Force on policing. What we are hearing a demand for from voices all over our country including leader in the Police Department to mares, to local leaders, two activists, israel accountability that if you do something wrong in american there will be consequences. No one is above the law. That we in this country, will make sure those who represent Law Enforcement, do so in a way sthat accords with our common values and our common ideal. In fact we want to go further in this country. We have a major imagination. It is not have it track in the quicksand of the president. The call to a drive to higher ground. We can imagination that imagines ourselves having a larger definition of Law Enforcement. A larger definition of Public Safety rid we cannot lose this moment. This must be the start of coming to the higher ground. But the problem with the bill that the leader mcconnell wants to put on the floor, is not bold, it is not courageous. There is noti great imagination about what we cant be. It doesnt challenge us to come together what it does is guarantees that the cycle of violence in our country, the cycle of the abuse of civil rights, cycle of death that is moved so Many Americans will continue if we dont implement real measures of accountability, the Police Officers in this country, as a republican bill fails to do, it is not if but when we will be back here again after another Police Officer kills another unarmed black person and faces no fear of federal accountabilities in the course. If we dont establish Real Transparency measures with a National Registry of Police Misconduct, which leader mcconnell built failed to do is not bus when we will be back here again after another officer has a record of an inappropriate use of force will get fired from one town and hired in the next and end up hurting another citizen and violating their civil rights or worse, telling them. If we do not into those harmful practices, americans from all backgrounds no like racial and religious profiling. No knock warrants and replaces the use of choke holds. And it mcconnell bill fails to do, is not if, but when we will be back h here again after anotr Breonna Taylor is murdered in her own home after a no knock warrant, after another eric garner is suffocated to death on the sidewalk with an inhumane chokehold. And if we do not create a national use of force standard in america, since republican bill again fails to do, we will be back here again. Next time another officer uses deadly force when they couldve used deescalation. Because the deadly force was reasonable. Though not necessary. We all hear the voices. English, the agony, the pain, the trauma, it is triggered a nation to rise up a number as the last 50 years we are in a moment of profound possibility. But when do we face is being shut down here the senate over and infants bill fails to meet this moment. The American People are demanding accountability, not commissions. Not studies, they are demanding accountability of Data Collection. We have to ask ourselves, will weit stand for a bill with zero accountability or will we rise. I am so frustrated because i have been here now for six years and i see from inside of the spotted the members even before i came here, how the leader is done bipartisan efforts. Aside on immigration reform. Again discussions were had a leak into alo bill from the put the port and they voted for it. Ive seen it in this covid19 prices. The movement and worked on solutions. Ive seen it time and time again and when there is a sincere desire to come to a bipartisan consensus how it looks at this not how mcconnell is south now. With a good faith. Was the yearning for justice. Where is the desire to get Something Real done. There has been no hearings. Yes, found discussions pretty is called for no meaningful engagement. The way we have done the past from state holders and groups been working on this issue. He has not gone to the appropriate committee of jurisdictions. This is not what the American People want. Its not with this moments calls for. This is shameful. This is a desire to turn page and a pointer finger of blame and to leave the calls for justice in this country following up on the mute ears. The deaf ears. A body that should be hearing and listening and responding. There is no easy fix the problems we face. But they do demand work. They dont demand simple monologues. The demand real dialogue. This is not a time to retreat to our corners. Trying to engage another. I cannot in any way give any justice or sanctions on what is going on in this body no. We will be back here again. We will see more video capturing the dark corners of our country the must be brought into the light salt with the spirit of this nation. Lets join in working leader mcconnell to not proceed in this way. Its not progress, its an attempt to turn patient history that we will have to revisit. Every minute our day, we do not act, black lives are in danger. A fellow citizens are in danger. With the nations of our principles and ideals are in danger. It is time that we come together and provide hope from this body that serves truly serves to honor what the public is calling for which is action, not to retreat. Frustrated this body to raise together. The murders of george floyd, Breonna Taylor and others are the latest and long history of violence in in america. But thinking the advocacy, thanks to the parish of the mothers and fathers and relatives the lawyers, those marching in the street, everyone can find the bear witness to the violence that is been happening in our country the hands of our plac