Hillary Scholten: “Thank you so much to the bill's leader, Mr.”

To say this is an essential conversation is truly an understatement.

It is so unfortunate that we are having this hearing today. There are so many other deeply important things.

I actually disagree that it flows naturally. While making the internal changes is the most important thing, the safety concerns that have been raised by high-profile incidents in the last several years permeate into the public conscience…

I am thankful that we have had several productive conversations, but we are ready to move into the action phase.