Political Quotes

“there are millions of people in America marching in the streets to reform our police practices, to ask for equality, to ask for racial justice. We have seen in the savage death of George Floyd, we have seen with Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, Eric Garner, and in so many other instances that our police departments need real reform. There is a demand of Americans that we act--and act soon. The resolution my colleague offers is rhetoric, not action, and the great worry so many Americans have is that so many on the other side will feel rhetoric and then try to let this go away. We demand action, and we demand it now--real action, not rhetoric--to reform our police departments in a fair and comprehensive way. That is what the Justice in Policing Act does. We need it on the floor now, as soon as the House passes it. Very few of us believe that Leader McConnell will put it on the floor, but we want him to. We demand he does. Again, the resolution by my friend will do nothing--nothing. It is rhetoric. We demand action. And so in a minute, I will be asking unanimous consent that upon receipt of H.R. 7120, the Justice in Policing Act of 2020, the pending business here in the Senate, after it passes the House, be that bill, so that we are forced and required to debate it. And at that point, my friend from Arkansas or anyone else can do whatever they want, but not in an empty field of rhetoric and no action, when Americans demand action. We need justice.…”