James Lankford: “I appreciate my friend Raphael Warnock coming to the floor, the Senator from Georgia, and being able to talk about these…”

“I appreciate my friend Raphael Warnock coming to the floor, the Senator from Georgia, and being able to talk about these issues. The challenge of this is that the request has been made to say: Let's reform ICE. You referred to law enforcement families who get up every day and put their lives on the line to be able to protect the country as paramilitary officers jumping out on people. I don't refer to them that way. But I would only say, the White House has said: We agree with you; let's reform them. They put in writing: new deescalation training, requirements for badges, requirements for individuals that step out of the vehicle to then identify themselves on it, changes in the way they handle uniforms, body-worn cameras, changes in processing. My colleague is saying: I can't agree to move and just ignore this didn't happen. No one is asking for that--no one. What we are saying is we agree with you. Let's make changes in this. I don't like what I have seen. You don't like what you have seen. So let's change it. Let's require body-worn cameras. Let's require badges. Let's require a change in uniforms. Let's require differences in how we actually identify officers and uniforms and vehicles. And those are all reasonable things. So the offer has been made. Then let's make that change. The problem has been there has been no answer back. We are OK to make those changes.”