June 25, 2020 - Issue: Vol. 166, No. 117 — Daily Edition116th Congress (2019 - 2020) - 2nd Session

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                  PROTECTION OF CIVIL AND HUMAN RIGHTS

  (Mr. SARBANES asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. SARBANES. Mr. Speaker, for too long, we have not had the courage 
as a Nation to say, ``Black lives matter.'' Well, now it is a new day. 
Anguished and outraged by the killings of Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna 
Taylor, George Floyd, and so many others whose families have been left 
grieving, we are finally beginning to speak truth and take action.
  These killings have left us despondent and deeply angry that America 
cannot rid itself of the disease of racism and violence, and the 
police, and prosecutors, too, often inflict pain on the very 
communities they are charged with serving. But we are also determined--
determined not to let this moment pass without an uncompromising demand 
for justice on behalf of the victims' families and on behalf of a 
Nation in search of its soul.
  For the sake of our future, we must overcome this legacy of violence 
and ensure that the civil and human rights of every person in our 
country are protected.
  Mr. Speaker, I am proud to support the George Floyd Justice in 
Policing Act of 2020.

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