House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif has been asked the Congressional Black Caucus to be lead the process of drafting a legislative response to the protests that have been swept the country following the death of George Floyd. House of the Democrats are been sorting through dozens of the proposals to address policing issues, including excessive use of force and racial profiling. House Democrats are been sorting through dozens of the proposals to address policing issues, including excessive use of the force and been racial profiling.
It is time, it is time for us to address the concerns that were being expressed by the protesters, Pelosi said at a press event at the Capitol Tuesday. This is not a single incident. We know this is a pattern of behavior, and we also know the history that brings us to this sad place.
It certainly something that we need to take a look at, McConnell told reports, we’ll be talking to our colleagues about what, if anything is appropriate for us to do in the wake of what going on. But the discussion has been often become entwined with the public outcry over President Trump’s handling of the unrest and his threat to use military force to quell protests.
Hoyer said that he has been in contact with the Congressional Black Caucus over the last for days and that us considering more than 50 pieces of legislation, all including a personal to the and qualified immunity for the police officers or their legal protection shield for the certain action. Democrats also be a plan to try to force the Senate to go on the record condemning Trump for ordering federal officers to be use gas and rubber bullets against Americans who were peaceably protesting Monday outside the White House. The resolution proposed by Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y. would also affirm the rights of free assembly and the protests while be condemning looting.
Graham, Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, has been announced a June 16 hearing on the police us of force. We will be intended to shine a bright light ion the problems associated with Me. Floyd’s death, with the goal of finding a better way to be forward for our nation, “Graham said in a statement Friday.
