Public officials should not be allowed to avoid the consequences for egregious actions by hiding behind judicial opinions.

It's nothing that appears in the Civil Rights Act and it's nothing that appears in the Constitution.

I urge you, employer liability coupled with suit by the United States, both to defuse the controversy.

I joined Full Committee Chair Nadler, Representative Bass, and other colleagues in cosponsoring the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act.

the qualified immunity defense as applied over the last several decades, subverts Congress' intent at passing section 1983...

If you create municipal liability, you substantially defuse the problem of qualified immunity.

Qualified immunity acts like a time warp. In its current form, the doctrine allows conduct to be judged by completely outdated standards.

I joined Congresswoman Karen Bass in introducing the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act which would, among other things, eliminate the defense of qualified immunity for Federal, State, and local law enforcement officers.

If you create employer liability, admissible liability, as we do for all other torts, it will have a profound effect on the conduct of police misconduct trials.

You ought to consider letting the United States sue to remedy the misconduct by a police officer or any other public official.

I want to say how much I enjoyed working with Mr. Armstrong on the Judiciary Committee. When I came back for the new Congress and he wasn't on the committee, that was a loss. But it has been good to work with him on this bill, and he has…

First, I want to take a point of personal privilege. This is the first day that I have walked into the House without Don Young being in it. Don Young was an outstanding Congressman and a good human being. He was my friend. Every day I…