and a good tuesday morning to you. craig melvin here from msnbc world headquarters. where were you on may 25th, 2020? what were you doing? a video recorded on a street corner that day by a teenage girl showed george floyd's murder. it ricocheted across the internet, and millions of people had to acknowledge a hard truth so many others had always known. police violence was not anything new in america, but this, this was different, a killing in broad daylight by a seemingly indifferent cop in uniform. it was just too much to bear. something shifted. something shifted starting that day. millions crowded the streets during a global pandemic demanding something different, something better. and many of our national and local leaders tried and are still trying to answer that call. we're seeing new ideas and in many cases tangible change. that's why all hour we are exploring what that change has

looked like already and what it could look like going forward. today george floyd's family will meet with leaders in congress and the president of the united states. will we see meaningful police reform in his name? i'll talk to floyd's cousin about the family's mission one year later. i will also talk to congresswoman presley about that controversial policy that's become a sticking point in the negotiations. we'll also go live to houston, texas, where george floyd spent most of his life. my colleague's conversation about the spotlight he wants to put on local elections and what happens next for the city where this all happened, minneapolis. and that is where we start with the reporter who spent a lot of time in minneapolis since may 25, 2020. nbc's shaquille brewster. shaq, take us through how the city is marking the day and how things have changed in

minneapolis over the last year. >> reporter: well, craig, we're just hours away from the start of what's being called a celebration of life hosted by the george floyd memorial foundation. you see some of the setup happening behind me, but at 1:00 p.m., we know that the governor will lead a moment of silence, one that he's called for to take place throughout the state of minnesota and things will get more somber as we get into the evening hours at the exact intersection that's now called george floyd square where he was murdered a year ago today, a candlelight vigil will take place at 8:00 p.m. local time, the exact time he encountered that ex-officer derek chauvin, now convicted of murdering him. you asked about the changes that have taken place since george floyd's death, and that's something many people have been focused on as well. and while there's disagreement over the size of the change or the scale or speed of the change, most people agree that there have been changes. let's tick through some of the highlights that you've seen in terms of the changes of the

minneapolis police department. these were things rolled out in the weeks after george floyd's murder and in the months after his murder starting with a ban on neck restraints and choke holds. officers now have to -- sorry, officers cannot fire at moving vehicles barring any safety issues. they must document anytime they unholster a weapon or a gun or taser and clarification over what is considered a use of force. saying that threatening use of force is considered use of force. we've seen the state legislature react. activists say this didn't go far enough. in the minnesota police accountability act of 2020 it banned chokeholds and hog-tie style restraints, officers must intervene and report those banned restraints. departments can't pay for that warrior style training, something the minneapolis police

department was moving away from even before this law was passed, and additional mental health and crisis intervention training for officers. one thing that you continue to hear when you talk to people, and this is day three of what has been a weeklong of commemorations, is that they want to see more. they want things to go further and that is something you even hear from former minneapolis police department officers. i had a conversation with the former minneapolis police department lieutenant about these changes. he's an officer who has been outspoken about the changes that he's wanted to see, and he said he's been following what's been taking place. listen to a little bit of my conversation and his reaction to what he's seen so far. what do you think of the changes we've seen in the past year? >> i don't think that's going to make the difference. the policy changes aren't going to make a difference. >> reporter: what makes the difference? >> getting to know your community. if you can slow down and pay attention to your community, you

really have to police less. the more you serve them, the less you have to protect. >> reporter: there's that call for continued change for a more systemic change and that's something that you're going to continue to hear here in minneapolis throughout the day. also make one other point of that later this year something that the city council is pushing forward on is that move, something we heard in the immediate aftermath of george floyd's death to disband and dismantle this police department is something that may appear on the ballot for voters to be able to have their say on in november. craig, this is not ending anytime soon. >> i don't know if i've ever heard it put so succinctly as that former lieutenant put it there, the more you serve, the less you have to protect. shaq, while i have you here, let's look ahead a bit. derek chauvin, the officer who killed george floyd, he awaits sentencing. three other officers involved charged in connection with his death are awaiting their trial. walk us through what's still to come with them. >> reporter: a lot more legal action coming up, craig.

next month derek chauvin will be sentenced. he's facing up to 40 years in prison, though legal experts warn he will likely not face that much time despite the judge even saying and ruling in the past month there were aggravating factors involved in george floyd's murder. after that in july we'll see the other three officers arraigned in the federal trial that they'll have to face for the civil rights violations. remember, about two weeks ago the federal grand jury indicted all four of the officers for federal civil rights violations. and then we'll see a trial. at some point -- it's been moved to next year. we'll see the other three officers face a criminal trial for the murder of george floyd. again, we were about a month away from when derek chauvin was convicted and now the city is grappling with this anniversary of george floyd's death. >> shaq, stand by for me, if you can. i want to bring shannon pettypiece into the conversation from the white house.

garrett haake is standing by for us on capitol hill. we understand the members of george floyd's family will be meeting with president biden in a few hours. what do we expect to come from that conversation, shannon? >> reporter: we expect this to be a closed door meeting. the white house said they didn't want to bring in an enormous amount of publicity to it. we do know in attendants will be george floyd's daughter, his mother, siblings as well as some other relatives. and the white house says that the president has developed a bit -- quite a relationship with the floyd family over the past year. he met with them shortly after george floyd's killing. he has had a number of conversations with the family including a call to them just moments after the verdict in the chauvin trial. so a connection there and some momentum that the white house is hoping to get out of this meeting as well. president biden had said he wanted to sign a police reform bill named after george floyd by this one-year anniversary. that obviously isn't happening,

but the white house says they are optimistic. they see momentum happening on capitol hill, which i know garrett can speak to more, and they're hoping this event not only marks the occasion, gives the president an opportunity to continue his relationship with the family, but also can help push a little bit of progress there on capitol hill. >> so, garrett, to shannon's point there, the george floyd justice in policing act, walk us through where the negotiations stand with that right now on the hill. we understand members of floyd's family will be meeting with speaker pelosi today as well. >> reporter: yeah, that's right. the floyd family will meet with speaker pelosi and at least the democratic side of the negotiating team here on getting to a police reform bill. these negotiations have been actually quite challenging to follow. at every turn the negotiators tell us they're making progress, they are moving forward, they're efusively positive and praise each other as working in good faith. we know they're stuck on more than one issue -- whether it's

qualified immunity, the ability to sue police officers or police jurisdictions in the most egregious cases, changes to civil rights, the militarization of police. as is often the case expansive negotiations like this there's not an agreement on anything until there is an agreement on everything. these negotiators remain unfailingly positive that they are making progress. that's what tim scott told our colleague yesterday. take a listen to this. >> we continue to work on the process, and i think we had good progress over the weekend, i taught. and i think we can see the end of the tunnel. >> really? >> i think so. i mean, obviously not this week coming, but i think we are -- we're starting to see a frame. >> reporter: again, you hear from senator tim scott, the main republican negotiator, the idea we're close to the end of the tunnel. it's not entirely clear what that will look like. remember the senate goes on recess next week.

they are working this week. the house is out. i don't know when we will see something that looks like a finished product, craig, but the negotiators understand the pressure here to move something along, although they have always resisted the idea they had to get something done by today. they felt like that was an artificial deadline. they want to get a good bill, the best bill they can at a time line that works for getting the best bill not to meet a day on the calendar. >> garrett haake, shannon pettypiece and shaq brewster on the ground. big thanks to all three of you on this special day. garrett just mentioned that they're at the center of those police reform negotiations, that controversial policy called qualified immunity. it is something democratic congresswoman ayanna pressley is fighting to end, a critical piece in any niche reform.

and tara brown was closest in age to george when they were growing up. what today means to her and the message her family will be sharing today with president biden. first up, we'll go to houston. that's where george floyd spent most of his life before moving to minneapolis. the special tribute from his friends there. and legendary houston rapper. no surprise fees, legit unlimited data for as little as $25 a month. and the best part, it's powered by verizon. but it gets crazier. bring a friend every month and get every month for $5. which is why i brought them. two $5-a-months right here. hey. hey. plus the players of my squad. hey. what's up? then finally my whole livestream. boom! 12 months of $5 wireless. visible, as little as $25 a month or $5 a month when you bring a friend. powered by verizon. wireless that gets better with friends. i order my groceries online now. shingles doesn't care. i keep my social distance. shingles doesn't care.

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before moving to minneapolis george floyd spent most of his life in houston. he was the oldest of five children. he was a standout athlete on his high school football team. nbc's tremayne lee spent some time in the neighborhood where he grew up. good to see you as always, my friend. what did you find? >> reporter: thanks, craig. there's supposed to be a whole slate of events to commemorate the life and death of george

floyd. perhaps the biggest commemoration this city can give is what comes next. i spoke to bun b from houston about just that. let's take a listen. >> yeah this is literally the street that he played on as a child right over here to our right is one of the houses he grew up in. >> reporter: i met up with bun b in houston's third ward on the street george floyd grew up. >> for many people he was a brother to them. for all a brother. >> reporter: in may of last year when the news about george floyd's death in minneapolis reached his old neighborhood in houston, local activists pedly mobilized. bun b was among the first to step up. in the year since george floyd was murdered, has anything really changed? >> the visibility of what's been happening to black people in these communities has changed. the public record in terms of body cam footage and home camera footage is heightened. >> reporter: but he says the

road to lasting change is long and difficult. >> in terms of the culture shifting, we're not there yet. it's a continuous fight. we will incrementally get better. it will always be two steps forward and three steps back. yes, we get to move into the suburbs and we get to move into nicer communities. but then if we go jogging at the wrong time of day with the wrong people, we can get murdered. while it seems like there's been progression we still remain in the same place culturally. >> reporter: are you frustrated that we're still having to humanize our people when they're murdered? >> michael shea said it very well, we just want black lives to matter. we don't necessarily want them to mean more than yours, we don't necessarily want to have special treatment. we just want equal treatment. >> reporter: protests like the marches bun b led forced policing and criminal justice reform on the agenda in several state legislatures. on capitol hill the george floyd justice in policing act was supposed to be law by now, but it stalled in the senate. >> i feel like opposition is the

opposition, right, and they're being contrary for contrary sake. the idea that it took literally the biggest civil rights movement in the history of mankind to get one conviction for one murder tells us how big of a fight we have ahead of us. >> reporter: the inhumanity, can we policy our way out of that? >> no. i don't think we can policy our way out of that. that's just a way of thinking for people. that's not training. the officers that commit these acts all get the same training. it doesn't resonate with some of them. >> reporter: between organizing protests bun was also in the recording studio working on new music. the first single from his upcoming album focuses on the events of this year. >> everything we talk about in the song is still here. nothing has changed. that's what the song is about. i feel like if you're afforded the opportunity to have the platform that i have, you should regularly, right, not just every once in a while, but regularly

make that platform available for application of voices, concerns and issues. >> reporter: back in the third ward the community will make sure that george floyd is never forgotten. >> these are the streets he walked. all of this right here was his community. everybody here around here loved floyd. >> in some ways it's homage but it's a sad reality in the way he was killed. >> it is but this community will never forget him. they're always going to honor him. >> reporter: in this community they'll never forget george floyd who was a towering figure both literally and figuratively in this community. bun b is causing for a cosmic shift but the federal government to get involved. the george floyd justice in policing act and for activists to keep the pressure on where change can be better felt on the ground. >> it was great to hear from bun b and great to see that

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just moments ago former president barack obama tweeted about the significance of this day one year after george floyd's murder. president obama's post reading, quote, george floyd was murdered one year ago today. since then hundreds more americans have died in encounters with police. parents, sons, daughters, friends taken from us far too soon. but the last year has also given us reason to hope. today more people in more places are seeing the world more clearly than they did a year ago. it's a tribute to all those who

decided that this time would be different and they in their own ways would help make it different. when injustice runs deep, progress takes time. but if we can turn words into action and action into meaningful reform, we will, in the words of james baldwin, cease fleeing from reality and begin to change it. again, former president barack obama just moments ago. any minute now members of george floyd's family set to meet with house speaker nancy pelosi. we are watching to see if we hear from them. a live look of where the meeting is expected to take place any moment now on capitol hill. we expect the family to meet with lawmakers from both parties and the family will meet with vice president harris and president biden at the white house. joining me now is george floyd's cousin, tera brown, director of the george floyd foundation. tera, first of all, apologies in advance if we have to interrupt

you once the family starts to meet with speaker pelosi. and before we jump in at all, how is everyone doing today? i would imagine it's quite the emotional day for the family. >> i guess we're doing the best we can possibly do at this point. our hearts are still broken, and today is just a reminder of the loss we've suffered and all we've had to endure this entire year. yeah, we're still broken hearted. >> tera, i mentioned the meeting the family will be having in washington, d.c., getting an audience with the most powerful people in this country. what's the message from the family going to be to these lawmakers? >> well, the message is -- i hope the message is clear by now that we've been given some measure of justice and we are appreciative of that, but we

know that we still need -- there's so much more work to be done. we still need for this bill to be signed, and just to be frank about it, we don't want to have this symbolic bill just something to say we gave them something. we want to make sure we get the kind of bill that will bring about actual change. so we're hopeful and we will keep pushing. >> what do you think needs to be in that bill to create the kind of change that you and your family members want to see? >> of course the main thing we want to see is qualified immunity definitely needs to go away. nobody needs to be above the law. that is just unacceptable. also duty to intervene. i think if at least one of the officers on the scene that day would have had the courage or

just to intervene and say, hey, enough is enough, that didn't happen. so those are two of the most important things for me. >> the george floyd foundation, we know that you have held some panel discussions, some protests in the last day or two to mark the anniversary. what's the goal with those events, tera? >> the goal is we want to -- we have to stay active and keep people in tune to the fact that there's still so much more to be done. we're not done. we took a moment to celebrate the victories we've had so far, but, again, we need to stay engaged. we need to know this is a journey. this is not just, you know, a step here and there. we have a full journey in front of us. and so as long as we are keeping the message out there being active, making sure that the politicians and the people that

we elect know that we are going to hold them accountable to what they've promised us when they asked us to vote for them. >> bigger picture, some of the other things that the foundation has done since george floyd's death and looking to the few you tour? >> well, one of the main things we're doing obviously right now is still working towards getting those policing reform bills passed. i personally was able to testify at the capitol when we presented the house bill 88 which is the policing reform act at the state of texas. we're still doing those types of things and our organization is -- one of the main things is to provide resources for folks in the community we grew up in and people who were much like george, need opportunities to

get back into the workforce and we provide some youth services, also. so we're really working out those programs. >> a different organization, tera, the george floyd memorial center, wants may 25 to be celebrated every year as a day of enlightenment that points to reflection and growth. what do you hope people are reflecting on today? >> well, my hope is -- well, for us it's a commemorative moment and we want to make sure we do something to honor george and make it a celebration of his life. i want people to remember the life that he lived as much as they remember how he died. we want to keep that alive and

we're continuing to build on the legacy. >> tera brown, our thoughts and our prayers continue to be with you and your family especially on this day. thank you for your time. thank you, thank you. >> thank you so much for having me. >> we want to zero in on a piece of negotiations that tera just mentioned there and law make verse been talking about for a number of months, talking about qualified immunity, that policy that makes it difficult to sue individual law enforcement officers. ayanna pressley has a bill that would end qualified immunity. congresswoman pressley joins me now. good to see you again, congresswoman. thank you for your time on this tuesday. in your view why does qualified immunity specifically threaten so many communities around the country? >> well, craig, qualified immunity is an unjust doctrine codified in statute after

statute that has allowed reckless impunity for our lives without any consequences. george floyd was brutally murdered. why did that happen? it happened because we have to affirm the fact black lives matter because our lives have not mattered, they have not been valued. there was no humanity, no grace extended or afforded to him. black folks have been dehumanized. and consequencely have been brutalized. surveyed, profiled, murdered, lynched. so what would be the deterrent to that? we know there can never truly be justice because the thousands of lives we've been robbed of in

the last years since he was murdered and murdered since the trial began, it would mean they would all still be with us. craig, there must be accountability and we have to legislate that. we have got to keep the qualified immunity in the george floyd justice in policing act. it has to be maintained. it should not be watered down. it is one of the strongest and most important provisions of this bill. it's how we'll get to healing and policies are the only receipts that matter in this moment. not hash tags and likes. what maters in this moment, is budget change and policy change. george floyd just set out to live his life and another day.

he did not set out to be a martyr. his family did not set out to be lifetime activists, organizers or lobbyists for law making. i appreciate his loved ones of his humanity, that we not define him in totality by the brutal way his life was snuffed out. >> as you probably know colorado has some legislation that has been considered the country's most far-reaching, if you will, and it allows officers to be sued ending qualified immunity essentially but it caps the amount at $25,000. is that a compromise you would support? >> right now there are no gradations or contours for me to consider because there's no bill in front of me. so what i'm going to continue to

fight for right now is we end qualified immunity, that is a part of the policing bill. craig, might i add the work that we need to do of affirming the humanity of black lives to think it wasn't that long ago that saving black lives matter was considered a controversial statement. if folks are tired of hearing it imagine how tired we are of having to say it. the fact is that black americans and other marginalized communities have experienced undue harm for centuries because of what i would characterize as policy violence, not naturally occurring, very precise policy. and so the path forward, if we are truly in the midst of a reckoning, which means that we are reconciling with who we have been and who we continue to be, then we will usher in transformative bold change. we will codify the value of black lives in our policies and in our budgets, and that is not

just one bill. so i hope that my colleagues have the political will, the courage and the stamina for the work that is really going to be necessary to assert and to affirm once and for all that black lives matter and to give families the accountability and the healing that they deserve. i just want us to pass laws that are going to keep black americans and other communities alive, period. that's about making investments in community to meet the most basic needs and if, god forbid, someone loses their lives at the hands of law enforcement, that they can't just walk away, they are held accountable. >> congresswoman ayanna pressley, thank you. thank you so much for your time this morning. >> thank you. george floyd's murder spark difficult conversations nationwide. some of the most delicate in our classrooms. now there's a battle brewing over how we teach racism and

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it's been thrust back into the spotlight. a report from oklahoma where some teachers worry they may lose their jobs because of a new bill. >> reporter: anthony crawford worries he could lose his job. he teaches creative writing at millwood high in oklahoma city where a new state law is set to ban certain teachings of race, bias and history. >> racism is -- you can take all these entities that make up a society and only can be controlled by one ethnic group. >> reporter: it targets critical race theory, a decades old theory of racism and inequal a. growing chorus of republicans use historical teachings they see as divisive. the law bans teaching concepts that leads to guilt or discomfort due to their identity. >> i didn't know what that was. and now here we are in may talking about a law. that was quick. representative kevin west was one of the authors of the bill.

>> no teacher shall require or make part of a course the following concepts, an individual by virtue of his or her race or sex bears responsibility for actions committed in the past by other members of the same race or sex. >> i certainly never had a teacher say those things. >> we can agree or disagree on how far this is happening in oklahoma. >> reporter: over the last few months lawmakers in more than a dozen states advanced measures to ban critical race theory. mass protests in many american schools. kimberly crenshaw thinks this is only the beginning. >> i've been trying to tell people for at least six months that these efforts to respond to the reckoning of last summer was

going to backlash. >> reporter: what do you think will happen? the color of white students will have an education that is less robust than we have even right now. >> reporter: is this law going to change teacher behavior? >> it has to. if a teacher doesn't want to lose their job, okay, i don't want to go there. i don't want to talk about this knowing that there could be a lawsuit or a way for me to lose my job. >> reporter: crawford encourages his students to debate race and history intensely. >> imagine it's a class where they don't talk about racism. >> you cannot talk about american history without

speaking about racism. you cannot do it. >> we shouldn't teach this in class because we're going to make other ethniciies feel bad. >> i feel bad but i can't feel bad for something i didn't do. you can't hate someone because of what their parents did. >> reporter: he says he'll keep talking as he sees fit. in my conversations with the students you met right there, they tell me they're going to keep talking about uncomfortable historical topics about race and racism in america whether lawmakers in their state approve of it or not. no law could stop them from doing that. >> such a fascinating conversation. these new laws, do we know how they might affect the upcoming school year there? >> reporter: craig, this law will go into effect in just a couple weeks over the summer. it will be in place this upcoming school year.

we're seeing teachers and administrators have conversations about this, worry about the materials they might introduce or the conversations they've had in their classrooms. teachers in public schools are not highly paid. many are concerned. they don't want to potentially be sued or have their careers end up on the line. no matter what ends up happening, many of the teachers believe there's a chilling effect. >> interesting to hear from that professor there from california who all but said she saw it coming. thank you so much for that report. how cities and police departments across the country are rethinking funning and how they respond to 911 calls. from nairobi kenya to the united kingdom a final reflection on how george floyd's image has become a symbol for a larger

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changes to their police departments in funding or policy, and many have already made those changes. in fact, take a look at this map. this is a map from the brennan center for justice, all the dark blue that you see there, all that dark blue represents the 25 states and the district of columbia that made the dark blu the 25 states and district of columbia that made changes directly related to george floyd's murder. they made changes on officer's force to misconduct. from madison, wisconsin to austin, texas. let's start in austin, they made a roughly $150 million cut. the city added $14 million in

spending on shelter and protection for people going through family violence, $4 million on response of mental health calls including medics. $400,000 for reentry programs for formerly incarcerated people. the mayor called it an investment on underlying causes of crime. in san francisco, the mayor announcing they would redirect some $3.74 million from law enforcement to small businesses. this is part of san francisco's dream keeper initiative to reinvest $120 million over the next two years in san francisco. another 2,000 miles away to

madison, wisconsin. they made the largest cut to their police department in more than a decade. now it's creating a crisis response team for behavioral health emergencies so police don't have to respond to them. they didn't come up with this out of nowhere. they are looking at cities like denver who already done it. a look at denver's star program back in february. >> 911, what's the address of your emergency? >> at the denver call center, they are trying something new. >> she is having a mental health issue and wants assistance. >> diverting away from mental health or drug abuse -- star. support team assisted response.

teams trained to deescalate. in just six months the star team responded to 748 incidents resulting in 0 arrests. there was a callout to a convenience store where a woman refused to leave. >> she was in behavioral support crisis and we got her to a day shelter. >> none of these individuals were arrested or had a negative contact with a police officer. they got the right type of response for their needs. >> 911 operators send calls to the star team when they fall to certain categories including trespassing or welfare check. >> even officers are recognizing the need for something like this. >> at 2:00 yesterday afternoon the very first question was when

do we get more co-responders and more co-vans. >> do you believe lives may have been saved in the last six months because of this program? >> it is that cooperative approach i do believe has made a significant impact and has prevented tragedies and saved lives. >> that was earlier this year. the mental health force of denver. they said they have only seen more success since then. they have responded to more than 1300 calls and is yet to request any police assistance. in the last year george floyd's image, his face has become quite the symbol. on protest signs, t-shirts,

murals. artists across the world have painted his face, here, or united kingdom or gaza city where we see the words black lives matter. or even here in nairobi, kenya. you see the swahili word that means justice. these have become in many instance as place to gather, learn, reflect. here in the united states, major cities bear witness to what has been sparked by george floyd's murder. from denver, new york, houston, a city george floyd was raised and now rests. that's where we end our special

coverage. a priscilla thompson is where he george floyd grew up. she talked with a neighbor who drove an hour with her son to see it. >> you seem emotional. >> it's just the fears. for everyone's sons and daughters. of every color. it should not happen. i want him to know. i want him to see these type of things. i don't want to scare him, but i want him to be aware. >> some may say awake. or enlightened. so we end by wishing you a good day of enlightenment. nlightenmet nexium 24hr stops acid before it starts for all-day, all-night protection.

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good day. this is "andrea mitchell reports." i'm casey hunt. the nation remembers george floyd on the anniversary of his death. the house speaker nancy pelosi is meeting with george floyd's family. let's try to listen in to this. >> here we are today. -- [ inaudible ] -- we observe the one-year commemoration of. people around the world flooded the streets for days and weeks, millions of people. gianni said my daddy will change the world.

it's coming true. it's coming true because so many people have worked so hard for decades much taking the lead in the house of representatives is our congresswoman karen bass. with us is the vice-chair of the congressional black caucus and -- [ inaudible ] -- they join us along with the entire family and friends of george floyd. we hope to bring comfort to your family [ inaudible ] -- and with that, a distinguished angel for all.

>> good afternoon, everyone. 12 months ago the world witnessed the murder of george floyd. we commemorate that day by reflecting on all that has happened, not just in our nation, but in the world in regard to the issue that african-americans have fought against and struggled to change for generations. within 30 days after george floyd's murder we passed the george floyd justice act. his daughter said she hoped his father would never be forgotten, and he will not. the promotion for change in the house of representatives. it's an honor to be here with the family, but i stand here to renew the commitment we will get this bill on president biden's desk. what