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

[Pages H2506-H2507]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                       A PARTISAN BILL TO NOWHERE

  (Mr. MEUSER asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. MEUSER. Mr. Speaker, what started as a tragedy, then turned 
disturbingly into our streets, resulted

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with tonight's vote with a partisan bill to nowhere.
  The people we have been elected to serve have asked--in fact, 
demanded--that this Congress do something to calm the unrest in our 
communities. Congress was asked to lead. Instead, this House has 
decided to bring forth another partisan bill to nowhere.
  Senator Tim Scott and others worked tirelessly in an inclusionary 
matter and developed the JUSTICE Act, a bill that would bring law and 
order and justice to communities.
  This bill will not become law. This bill that has been passed in the 
House will not become law because it was not inclusionary and would not 
reform the police. But by eliminating qualified immunity and no-knock 
warrants, it would put people and police into dangerous and costly 
scenarios.
  Mr. Speaker, this bill is another lost opportunity to serve the 
people we serve.

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