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On the recordJune 10, 2020
Reclaiming my time, I have not yielded the floor. So I would just point out this. Let's be clear what just happened here. We have a resolution. It is a couple of pages long. The Democrats have had it for 24 hours. Until just moments ago, we had no indication that they planned to object or that they had any other contrary resolution. We have heard objection from the Senator from New York not to a single word of that resolution itself--a resolution which, I will say again, calls for justice for George Floyd and for all victims of excessive force, as well as opposes radical efforts to defund the police. So I will only conclude that the minority leader is here to speak on behalf of the Democratic Party and defend this radical idea to defund the police, since he is unwilling to cite what part of that resolution he opposes. And now, Mr. President, I yield the floor.
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Tom Cotton
Republican · Arkansas

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