Political Quotes

“Last week, I shared with the House that my office has launched a website where Americans could learn about the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act, weigh in with their opinion on the bill, and list themselves as citizen cosponsors if they support it. Thousands of Americans, Mr. Speaker, have become citizen cosponsors. Many have also shared their own stories and called for Senate action on this bill. Sadly, Senate Republicans refuse to do anything to address the crisis of systemic racism in our country. More than a month has passed, and they have taken no action--nor on their own bills--on the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act. That is an irresponsible abdication of its duty to address the challenges facing our country. Today, Mr. Speaker, I will begin submitting the names of more than 7,000 George Floyd Justice in Policing Act citizen cosponsors in the Congressional Record. There are so many of those, it may take several days. As more add their names at justiceinpolicing.us, we will continue to submit them into the Record, because the Senate needs to see how important this issue is to so many of our fellow Americans. They need to see how many of our people are urging them to act. Mr. Speaker, I include in the Record a list of citizen cosponsors to the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act.…”