ultimately wants is who they look at. we are seeing a succession crisis more than a political one. host: do we have any idea who those candidates can be? is there a favorite? guest: as of this moment i don't think there is one clear favorite. raisi is the one who is expected to eventually take over for the supreme leader. he is old. that is the big secession issue coming forward. with raisi gone, who could be the next supreme leader? i guess is, he has someone in mind. but how you roll that outcome of course in a sensitive questions previously postponed. votes will be taken in the following order. motions to suspend the rules and pass h.r. 5863 and h.r. 3019. the first electronic vote will be conducted as a 15-minute vote. pursuant to clause 9 of rule 20, remaining electronic votes will be conducted as five-minute

votes. >> we're going to take you live to the house gaveling in for votes. the motion of the gentleman from missouri, mr. smith, to suspend the rules and pass h.r. 5863. as amended. on which the yeas and nays are ordered. the clerk will report the title. the clerk: h.r. 5863, a bill to provide tax relief with respect to certain federal disasters. the speaker pro tempore: the question is, will the house suspend the rules and pass the bill as amended. members will record their votes by electronic device. this is a 15-minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.]

the speaker pro tempore: on this vote the yeas are 382, and the nays are 7 recorded as present. 2/3 being in the affirmative, the rules are suspended, this bill passes and without objection, the motion to reconsider is laid upon the table. pursuant to clause 8 of rule 20, the unfinished business is the vote on the motion of the gentlewoman from south carolina, ms. mace, to suspend the rules and pass h.r. 3019 as amended on which the yeas and nays are ordered. the clerk will report the title. the clerk: h.r. 3019, a bill to establish a inspections regime for the bureau of prisons and for other purposes. the speaker pro tempore: the question is will the house suspend the rules and pass the bill as amended. members will record their votes by electronic device this is a

five-minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.]

the speaker pro tempore: on this

vote the yeas are 392, the nays are no as recorded as present. on this vote the yeas are 392, the nays are two recorded as present. 2/3 being in the affirmative, the rules are suspended, the bill is passed and the motion to reconsider is laid upon the table. the speaker pro tempore: the house will be in order. for what purpose does the gentleman from wisconsin seek recognition?

>> mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that notwithstanding rule 17 during the 118th congress, representative wexton of virginia be permitted to use a medical assisted communication device on the floor of the house. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. for what purpose does the gentleman from wisconsin seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent to take from the speaker's table the concurrent resolution s. conrecent 36 and ask for its immediate consideration in the house. the speaker pro tempore: the house will be in order. the clerk will report the concurrent resolution resolution. the clerk: concurrent resolution 36, concurrent resolution authorizing the use of emancipation hall in the capitol visitor center to celebrate the birthday of king kamaa, i. the speaker pro tempore: is there objection? without objection, the concurrent resolution is agreed to and the motion to reconsider is laid upon the table. for what purpose does the gentleman from wisconsin seek recognition?

>> mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that house resolution 961 be laid on the table. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. the speaker pro tempore: the chair will now entertain requests for one minute speeches. for what purpose does the gentleman from new york seek recognition? >> to address the house for one minute and revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: the house will be in order. without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. >> mr. speaker, as a chaminade high school graduate, i extend congratulations to our rivals st. anthony's high school for their recent 12-6 lacrosse victory over chaminade. despite the outcome, i commend the friars for their skill, dedication, and sportsmanship. in the spirit of fair play, i bracefully accept defeat in my wager with fellow long islanders

congressman nikola letta, a st. anthony's alumnus. the friars undeniable prowess on the field reflect their hard work and commitment to athletics and beyond. north islanders are well aware of the rivalry where both teams consistently rank among the nation's best. mr. d'esposito: congratulations to the st. anthony friars on their impressive win and may this victory inspire future competitions filled with sportsmanship and camaraderie. go friars. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields. for what purpose does the gentleman from minnesota seek recognition? >> i ask to address the house for one minute and revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman is recognized for one minute. ms. omar: i rise on behalf of

george floyd and minneapolis and on behalf of everyone who has been impacted by police brutality. it's been four years since george was brutally murdered in front of the whole world. we've been fighting every day since then to pass meaningful criminal justice reform. what we are fighting for is a dignified life. what we are fighting for is equal access to exist as ourselves. what we are fighting for is to undo 400 years of being victimized, imprisoned, and having the life choked out of us in the cities we call home. we will continue to fight for change until we achieve a better future, a future that george deserved. i urge my colleagues to join me in supporting the george floyd justice and policing act and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from tennessee seek recognition? >> thank you, mr. speaker. i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and revise and extend my

remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. burr chet: thank you. i rise to honor any dear friend richard jewell yen. mr. burchett: he attended basic training at lacland air force base to complete his training and then returned to the air refueling unit and served as a traditional guardsman and offered a chance to become full time and eventually moved up the enlisted ranks to become a senior master sergeant. in 1981 he was offered the chance for direct appointment as captain in the tennessee air national guard. he was named director of personnel for the 134th air refueling wing. later he was promoted to the title of colonel and retired as the commander in 2004 and served 38 years in the air guard in support of countless operations and exercises. after he retired from the air national guard, the colonel

worked for knox county as director of human resources and blunt county highway department until the day he passed away may 1, 2024. our country's heroes of the men and women of our armed services and armed forces, mr. speaker. it's my honor to recognize my dear friend who i miss very much, colonel richard clap julian, may 2024 veteran of the month. colonel, we miss you dearly and thank for you being my friend. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields. for what purpose does the gentleman from ohio seek recognition? ms. kaptur: i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentlewoman is recognized for one minute. ms. kaptur: i rise to applaud a convening that took place yesterday at the toledo lucas county public library in northwestern ohio. we gathered community leaders from across our region with representatives from the department of energy and treasury, local organizations, businesses and municipalities focused on ways our enterprising region can think big.

the inflation reduction act which passed congress in 2022 is paying huge dividends. i.r.a. tax incentives and related infrastructure legislation, especially the bipartisan infrastructure law are helping to achieve private and public sector cooperation and investment to fix our roads, produce more affordable energy, and improve old water and wastewater systems across our vast region. domestic energy independence begins right here in northwestern ohio. and when we think big together, becan transform our local economy, attract major investments from industry, agriculture, and create good paying union jobs. i want to thank all those who visited our region, know we are prepared for a modernized future. . . and we want to make america sustainable and we begin that in

the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from south carolina seek recognition? mr. wilson: i request unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. wilson: last week, the joint economic committee reported since biden, the average family has seen a 21% increase in prices costing $2, 500 more for food and $3,000 for energy and more for transportation. corrupt judge mere chan continues his shameful while his blatant bigotry. my son hand delivered to the judge an invitation to be my guest at the trump inauguration. god bless our troops who protected our country.

and we don't need new border laws. we need to enforce existing laws. biden opens the borders for dictators. and we are grateful for the life. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from north carolina seek recognition? >> i request unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. the gentleman is recognized for one minute. >> mr. speaker, i rise in honor of the town of gaston, north carolina, celebrating 75th anniversary as the song celebration, i joined the mayor, members of the town council and residents from across the town to celebrate this amazing milestone. there was a parade maypole

wrapping, drum line and many fun activities. town officials cut the ribbon on the dwight hall ballpark demonstrating its commitment to its future celebrating gaston eye rich history and the beauty of north carolina. i'm looking to celebrating many more years of this great town. happy 75th gaston. g-75. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from georgia seek recognition? mr. carter: i request unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. for one minute. mr. carter: i rise to honor mackenzie colonel one of the top 15 high school golfers in the state of georgia. she joins an elite class.

this selection process is competitive and includes every young woman in georgia. since joining the golf team, she has won many honors. being name the 2023gasa player of the year. 2024gasa and two-time 912 supports woman. the golf team went back to back state championships and she was a player on both teams. during the 2023 state championship she was named the state low medalist and shot a tournament low of 73. outside of golf, she is recognized as one of the top performing and boasts a stellar g.p.a. and is involved in other

activities. congratulations, mackenzie. continue to make our district proud. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recog recognition? mr. kiley: i request unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. kiley: i rise to urge passage of the ensuring safe and ethical ai research grants act. this is bipartisan legislation that i have introduced. just recently 9 company unveiled the shotbot model which had new features and shortly after that, there was exodus of employees and one of them said they are not are receiving the accolades what it needs to. but it does underscore we cannot rely or assume that companies

are devoting the attention to safety issues they should. i think there is a role for the federal government to cat lies ai safety research and i think it is of the highest urgency that as we look ahead to the limitless benefits of ai we need to understand the risks and the steps to mitigate them. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the chair lays before the house the following personal requests. the clerk: leaves of absence requested for mr. griffith of virginia for today. the speaker pro tempore: without objection under the speaker's announced policy of january 9, 2023, the gentleman from is recognized for 60 minutes.

mr. grothman: i would like to talk about four issues that have not been adequately covered by our media press corps. the first is the treatment in their public statements by the university of wisconsin at walk -- milwaukee towards what's going on in israel. they, i think in part because of some palestinian sympathesizors who set up tents felt come compelled to make an issue of american foreign policy or u.w.m.'s policy is. they have decided to, in their statement, condemn israel, and also and in addition to

condemning israel, they have called on israel to begin a ceasefire in the middle east. if you read their statement, it is parent that there is some equivalenciens between israel and what could be called palestine or treating palestine in a superior position there. this is completely unacceptable and sadly something that is seen too much on university campuses. the thing that makes it uniquely horrible, it's coming from the administration. it's bad enough that universities can't figure out the obvious difference between right and wrong here. it is particularly disturbing that the administration itself has a problem distinguishing. israel was attacked and over 1,000 people were killed over

the blood-thirsty, callous way possible. israel responded to as carefully as possible get rid of the hamas and recapture hostages that are hidden in tunnels beneath the gaza community. there is no difference -- there is a huge difference between the countries. israel is a modern western humane country. it is a country with lots of mosques and diverse population. you will notice over the 1,000 people murdered and taken hostage, people were from thailand in israel, people from the phillipines in israel and trying to get people from ecuador. people are coming from around the globe for an opportunity to

work in israel. meanwhile, gaza, sadly, is a corrupt state in which despite receiving billions of dollars from foreign countries, primarily europe, is still stuck in the muck. it has no synagogues in it, not the appreciation for freedom of religion in gaza like there is in israel. the people who run gaza have been corrupt, the leaders have been in catta h air and sometimes turkey. and ancestors wind up in paris. people -- a country would be prosperous, located on the meed tear indiana sea, formally a

place that people came to recreate, would have greenhousees and left behind by the jews when they had to go back to israel and were destroyed by the people in palestine. but in any event, we have to weigh in as a country and wake up as far as what's going on in our universities. why do we have universities? and some of the american public overwhelmingly figures out. but the university of wisconsin at milwaukee, the administration clearly had more sympathy with hamas than they did with israel. and great concern. another thing of great concern and dealt with tents at their university and felt compelled to negotiate with the squeaky people who sympathesized with

the barbaric hamas military and didn't even talk to people who had a vested interest. comer apparently didn't talk to people didn't talk to israel who is fighting for our. if israel would pull out of gaza, what would happen? it would allow the hamas group to replenish their group and attack israel again, five years, 10 years, 15 years down the line. the university of wisconsin, milwaukee is not well known academically as harvard or m.i.t. or northwestern or some of these other universities that embarrassed themselves but i hope the public is paying attention what is going on. i hope the taxpayers are paying attention and i hope the

chancellor who has made some admission that what he did was not right and take a bolder stance and say his university is not going to weigh in or any sympathy towards hamas particularly so soon after they so barbaricically over 1,000 israelis. my second issue today is within the last few weeks, we received one more time monthly totals on the number of migrants who came across our southern border. one more time and as far back as you can find, the numbers for april who are a substantial increase over last april and a huge increase over the final april under donald trump.

and april, 2020. about 6,000 people crossed the border. last april, about 178,000 people crossed the border. we are at 204,000. a huge increase from 178,000 to 204,000 people. obviously unacceptable. and that decrease is understated because what president biden has done to hold down the numbers is giving parole to people coming here from cuba and haiti which would add another 30,000 people on this list. so american public and the american press should keep paying attention what's going on in the border. the biggest problem in our country, we anticipate a free press. let's have a free press and it

has to be a competent press. and when the numbers were released a couple of weeks ago in the last week of the number of people who crossed the border from april it should have been a banner headline in every newspaper, every 10:00 news station should have led with the story that we had another all-time record in april as far as people coming across the southern border. instead nothing. one more time we have just shy of 6,000 unaccompanied minors. there was a time that the press corps cared about breaking apart families. now 15-year-olds show up, what does our administration do? nothing. for all we know that child is never going to see his parents again. but nothing is done. our administration is settling

anywhere we expect that a young person crossing the border without their parents, we will find you a sponsor and stay here. and what our administration ought to be doing, even if a child shows up at the border with one parent, in this country, in a divorce case, we would try to keep both parents in touch with the child. really at the southern border, even if a child shows up with one parent, they ought to be both turned around unless we can document where the other parent is and signing off on this situation. . . . . . again, i strongly encourage the press corps to pay more attention to the border. by the way, i want to make one more statement with regard to the situation with israel. there are people who are horrified, and it is horrific,

when people die in this war. the war could be ended by hamas at any time. at any time they can say we surrender, here are our arms, here are where you'll find the tunnels, here is where the hostages are held. the war would be over tomorrow. people do die in the explosions and bombings that take place there. i think that there should be a little more attention paid by the protesters before they condemn israel to see how this country reacted when we felt it was necessary to bomb population centers when war was declared on the united states during world war ii. i suggest sympathizers with hamas look a little bit about the dresden fire bombings, look a little bit at the bombings in tokyo, an that's before we get to the nuclear bombings in

hiroshima or nagasaki. but i think you will find in tokyo more horrific things happening than anything happening near hamas, not to mention the israelis have been incredibly careful, much more careful than we were in tokyo and dresden about warning civilians and trying to keep them out of harm's way. so if anybody in this body wants more sympathy or wants to condemn israel, i suggest they look at how we handled the situation when we were bombing japan and bombing germany at thf world war ii, by the way, at a time when the conclusion of the war was to a certain extent already determined. the third issue i believe that has not been adequately

addressed in the paper, and when i get back on the weekends, i try to talk to people about it, they have no clue, is the fact we've recently begun collecting information regarding middle eastern people and people from north africa for a variety of purposes. i think people believe that by keeping track of these people, we will eventually give them the benefits of affirmative action type of programs or diversity sort of programs. prior to this, which is only approved in the last few weeks, we gave potential preferences to hispanic americans, african-americans, native americans, asians, and quite frankly, we give preference whether you're american or not, but asians who are here and pacific islanders. the biden administration, the

most divisive administration in this country's history felt that wasn't enough. i think even without showing a need, they have decided to add middle eastern and north african people to the mix. if you look at a map of the world, right now pakistanis already have potential preference but that ends at the pakistan-iran border. what they've done is taken anyone who lives between the pakistan-iran border over to the atlantic ocean, over to lake morocco and said you have the potential for preferences. my guess would be if you come here and open a business and your ancestry is from these countries, you would, therefore, for example, get preferences in government contracting. you may get preferences for the purpose of government hiring.

you may get preferences for government bidding. but in any event, i think there should have been a lot of discussion in the news media before we added another huge block of people who, as a practical matter, are going to get preferences over the native born. making this decision even more bizarre, i think the two rationales for affirmative action, neither of which i agree with, by the way, but the rationales were either because something bad had happened to people in this country maybe a hundred years ago, or that this group maybe statistically was not doing as well when measureed by economic metrics. here, people from the middle east and north africa largely have not integrated into this country until the last 30 or 40 years so you can't say there's been historical discrimination

here. and not only that, at least with regard to people from iran, they are doing much better than the native born. if people from iran who are doing a great job in this country, adding to the united states, if they are making more money than the native born, why would the government go out of its way to say you're going to get preferences for government contracting? it's even more bizarre, all preferences under these programs, and they don't care how wealthy you are. i can be here. i can inherit -- we'll say i'm from morocco, and if i've inherited $10 million from my parents, i still would get points or being helped, given a preference, because of my ethnicity, despite the fact i'm wildly wealthy. doesn't make any sense. and you self-identify, so you

could have somebody 3/4 irish and one quarter more ochone and they would -- moroccan and they would get preferences. but it's the biden administration of trying to create division in america. they want people to view themselves forever as not just an american as we did when i was a child, but forever i am hispanic american, i am asian american, i am picked on. and this is a way to, i believe, destroy america. i think that's why the biden administration is going down the path. but i do thinking -- but i do him, coming back to the mainstream media, ask ourselves why i have a hard time finding anybody back in my district who is aware we recently give preferences to this whole new body of people, which is a

significant policy change. and if we had a competent press corps in this country, it's something everybody would be aware of and we would have public discussion of. the final topic, which i don't think has been discussed enough, is the goal to have 2/3 of our vehicles be electric vehicles by 2032. i recently bought a car, a ford escape, and it occurs to me now it's not impossible that this will be the final normal car i ever own. there are a lot of things that can be said about electric cars but almost all of them are bad. my major concern, though there are others as well, is that they are more expensive. when i talk to my insurance agent, he tells me the cost of auto insurance with an electric car could easily be up more than 50%. there are other sources who say

it won't be that high. but i think everybody would agree at least 20% or 30% increase in the cost of auto insurance. this at a time where due to the excessive spending of the biden administration, the cost of housing is through the roof, the cost of food is through the roof. guess what? the cost of a car is about to go up. i'm told the cost of a new pickup could go up $20,000 as we switch to electric cars. the cost of insurance going up. and in addition to that, we have the problems that our infrastructure is not even remotely ready for electric vehicles, the problems you're going to have which you're not able to drive as many miles. i happen to be from wisconsin. the huge problems you're going to have in trying to get these things charged when it's 10 degrees below outside. but in any event, it's something for this body to pay attention

to and to warn our constituents about so they are aware that as they set aside money for a new car, and i think it's a smart thing to set aside money so you don't go into debt, you're going to have to set aside extra money if you plan on buying a new car more than eight years from now. it's just one more cost that's going to make it more difficult for young americans to join the middle class and prepare for the american dream. so in summary, i mentioned the four issues i wish the press would pay attention to in the wisconsin area, the university of wisconsin at milwaukee coming out with a ridiculous press release which they've tried to modify but nowhere near enough, in which they imply that israel has to do something as far as ending the war in the middle east, not apparently hamas, the

brutal people who killed over a million israelis, a little over half a year ago now. the second issue to look at is the one more time we have a record number of people coming here for a month, record number of people coming across across the border in april at a time we're hitting in four year increments records of people being sworn in as immigrants legally. it's not like nobody is coming in here. but i think the american public ought to be appalled at one more time, april of 2024, hitting an all time record for people coming here in april. the third issue, almost entirely unreported in the mainstream media, the fact we apparently are going to give preferences to people from northern africa, libya,, algeria, over to the middle east, syria, iran, as far

as government contracting, probably government employment. don't know if it's something we can undo if we get a different president. but it's certainly very divisive. with it comes the bureaucracy that we'll forever tell people from north africa and the middle east that you should identify not just as an american but a middle eastern american or a north african-american. and finally, i hope the press, as the clock winds down to 2032 warns americans what they are going to have to expect as far as driving a new electric vehicle. so with that, i'll wrap up my speech and leave things to my good friend from illinois. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. under the speaker's announced policy of january 9, 2023, the

gentleman from illinois, mr. jackson, is is recognized for 60 minutes as the designee of the minority leader. mr. jackson: thank so you much. thank you, my dear colleague. i ask unanimous consent all members have five legislative days in which to revise and extend their remarks and include any extraneous material on the subject of this special order hour. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. jackson: it's now my privilege to address you. in the playing of julius caesar, marc anthony proclaims what cause would hold you then to mourn for him? and i rise tonight because this is our question today. by what measure and according to what standard might we allow this week to slip between our fingers and not remember what happened on a street in minneapolis on may 25th. what in all creation would

justify our forgetting a collective unconsciousness. we are summoned into this chamber tonight because george floyd should be alive today. he should be enjoying the matriculation of his daughter from one grade to the next. he should be living out his days under the protections afforded to every american citizen such as the presumption of innocence, equal protection under the law, and all of the eight amendment rights against cruel and unusual punishment. but tragically, none of what ought to be is true in the case of mr. george floyd. george floyd is not alive. george floyd was not and george floyd was not a victim of just bigotry and neglect, he was killed by the institution that was employed to ensure his safety. this is what happens that people don't see you as being worthy of

protection. this is what happens when you are viewed as a threat and black seen as a problem and not as a gift to the world. indeed what happened to mr. george floyd over $20 alleged bill. they said there was a $20 bill that was counter fitted and five officers dressed in broad daylight to suffocate him. no one knows what happened to the alleged $20 alleged counterfeit bill. the country you live in would rather build prisons, would blame poverty on the poor but never question the gutony of the rich and the persistent evil of racism as the record to honor each other's humanity has not

already resulted in tragedy and death. the beach of american history are cluttered with the bleached bones of the innocent needlessly slaughtered on the battlefield of this nation's preoccupation of subject jew gages and hatred. mr. floyd died in the new millen number. i'm talking about a century ago. this was the new millennium. and he deserved to be alive today. what happened to george floyd is the rhyme that makes history, makes whatever we fail to be honest, racism, and a destructive system. we have gathered to answer mark anthony's question, there is no cause and there are no foreseeable circumstances that would compel us to forget what happened to mr. george floyd. george floyd was murdered by a

police officer who refused to see the humanity of the helpless or the handcuffed man, who refused to see a man gasping for his last breath with a knee on his neck while suffocating him and a i say to you anyone born of a woman should be able to know that he lost his life. he asked for his mother as he gasped his last breath. one doesn't need a graduate degree in ethics to have been moved. and not only does this event say about the totalitarian impulses of policing in america but the kind of nation we have allowed ourselves to become. we have also allowed certain political influences to compel us to see each other as enemies

and not as adversaries. we allowed resentment to determine how we respond to one another and not what is required of us if we are to survive. we are presented with a golden opportunity that we cannot ignore. the painful anniversary of the murder of george floyd presents us with a chance to go to police sponsored violence in america but there is a piece of legislation pending in the senate that needs to be passed right away. the george floyd policing act deserves to be taken under consideration by every united states senator immediately, because without reforming how black people are policed in this country renders the murder of george floyd a tragedy but nothing more and i say to you today, why settle for a tragedy while we can make a new

beginning. we have it within our power to make sure what happened on may 25, 2020, four years ago never happens again. we have it in us. every member of the united states senate has a moral obligation to reconsider and pass george floyd policing act and not hide behind the politics of our respective parties. the question before us is a simple one, do you want our great country to be a place that is safe and fit for your children to forge a future without fear and prospect without hate and violence. if the answer is yes let's work together to ensure we will never again be driven into this chamber to remember the death of innocents. if the answer is yes, let's

choose a more equitable way. and for in due season, we will reap what we have sewn. mr. speaker, it is important that today we remember those of central park, the innocent young men that were tortured into a false confession 35 years ago that received no mercy. 35 years later, no recognition by a former president. those young men had their lives turned upside down while they were accused of hateful vengeance attack by a person who had been convicted of such. this man asked for these men to be taken to the death penalty and these were teenagers that were found innocent. it is my privilege to yield to

the representative tlaib from the great state of michigan. ms. tlaib: thank you to my wonderful colleague who speaks truth to power especially around police violence. mr. speaker, george floyd's life mattered. we all know black lives matter and show it in action. today i'm thinking of george floyd's daughter who will grow up without him. i can still hear him crying out for his momma and yelling i can't breathe, more than 20 times, pleading for his life for 9:20. his murder and the countless of others in the hands of police sparked outrage and movements for change. i saw for my own eyes right here watching republicans and democrats coming to pass the

george floyd justice and policing while it went to the senate to die. his murder and others in the hands of police require us all to understand the truth about what's going on in our neighborhoods and communities. we demand that this body take action to end systemic racism and systems to and it's not enough mr. speaker to honor george floyd's life with words, we must honor his life with action. four years later, the act has not been signed into law. last year was the deadliest year of police violence in record. that should shock us all. just this minute, roger for thein, a black senior airmen was shot in his home six times by

police and killed. this is his family. just watching his mother kneel down in his open casket, that should be enough for us to act. how many more mothers have to experience the loss of their child. when will congress finally act? we must ensure reparations for policing in our nation has inflicted. briana taylor and so many others who have lost their lives to police violence. this is just justice for our community and they deserve to be fully seen, heard and protected. i will continue along with my colleague from illinois to continue to push for the passage of george floyd's justice and policing act. i know in detroit where i grew up, the most beautiful black

city in the country, know this, the president of the united states didn't wake up one day and say the civil rights act was a good thing. people marched and did sit-ins and moved this institution and the white house. we will continue to march and will continue to demand that black lives matner our country. with my good colleague we will demand that this passes through the senate and to the president's desk . with that, i yield back. mr. jackson: i thank the honorable congresswoman tlaib for your outspokenness. you heard from my colleagues today about policing in our communities and about the loss of innocence, all issues of great importance to the congressional black caucus, our

constituents, congress and all americans tonight. with that, mr. speaker, i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: does the gentleman have a motion? mr. jackson: motion to adjourn. the speaker pro tempore: the question is on the motion to adjourn. those in favor, say aye. those opposed, no. the ayes have it. the motion is adopted. accordingly the house stands

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