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On the recordJune 25, 2020
I, too, offer you my and my family's sympathies on the loss of your father. Madam Speaker, it is my privilege to rise in support of this historic bill, the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act. Enough is enough. Racial injustice has been right before our eyes for far too long-- Amadou Diallo, Eric Garner, Tamir Rice, Breonna Taylor, Rayshard Brooks, and George Floyd. We can no longer turn a blind eye. We need to meet this civil rights moment of national anguish. We must insist on bold change, not surrender to a bare minimum. Unarmed Black Americans are being murdered in the street by those who have sworn to protect and serve. This is not a Black problem. It is my problem. It is your problem. It is our American problem. We must ban chokeholds, no-knock warrants, and finally hold officers accountable. George Floyd's daughter said, ``My daddy changed the world.'' Let's come together and honor her words. Let's change the world with this transformative bill.
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Howard Dean
Democratic · Vermont

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