“These Bills Do Not Rise to the Occasion, or Go Far Enough” MILWAUKEE – In reflection on the seven policing-related bills from the Speakers’ Task Force on Racial Disparities that were discussed and debated during today’s Assembly Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety public hearing, State Rep. David Bowen (D-Milwaukee) released the following statement: “Quite frankly, the bills we heard in Committee today were a disappointment. Back at the beginning of the Speakers’ Task Force process, when it was revealed that Task Force Co-Chair Rep. Steineke had called the appointment a ‘political loser’ and indicated that the purpose of the task force would be ‘creating guardrails’ around reform, I largely held my tongue in the press. I was willing to give Rep.