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democratic texas congresswoman sheila jackson lee with with us now. you were part of the talks with relatives of victims of police violence, the negotiations with republicans to get something done. how close are the two sides to coming to an agreement on what can get to the president's desk? >> first of all, thank you for having me. what a powerful meeting and meetings that were held there's nothing more potent, more powerful than the story of a loved one about the loss of their family member. all of these family members were eloquent, they were profound and pointed. and i really think they were convincing. again, i think they made it very clear that the george floyd justice in policing act is not against policing in america, but it is and does stand for good policing in america and the ending of police misconduct that day after day finds officers who are doing the wrong thing and

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with me now is texas congresswoman sheila jackson lee. congresswoman, this week you had the honor to be part of a small delegation of the black caucus to visit the white house. senator cory booker even shared this selfie on twitter with the caption "the congressional black caucus' first visit to the white house in four long years." that's his quote. the goal of the meeting was to push the president on the caucus legislative agenda. what are the things that are at the top of that agenda? >> so good to be with you. as you well know, the congressional black caucus has been called the conscience of the congress, and it is. john lewis represented that kind of standard. and that's simply what we did with the president of the united states. we did not mince words and we went right to the heart of the issues we think are vital, and that is to stamp out the pandemic, if you will, of voter suppression and oppression. we spoke about the imperative nature of supporting even before daunte wright's death and video of the lieutenant and certainly anothe

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the first who said, send me, was george floyd. >> congresswoman sheila jackson lee joins us, now.swoman, thanks so much for taking the time, tonight. >> thank you, jim, for having me, this evening. >> you, of course, authored the george floyd justice in policing act. and i want to talk about that, in -- in a -- in a moment. but, first, your reaction, as you have watched these first few days of the derek-chauvin trial? you know, even, for instance, to see a moment you reference there at his funeral, him calling for his mother, in his final moments. >> well, jim, i think we want what every american should want, as we watch this trial. and as i say that, african-americans, people of good will, that is justice, and a recognition that we are a country of law and order. but as i have heard police officers say, they want to go home to their families. and i've added, and we want to go home to ours. this officer chauvin did not allow george floyd, who was loved by so many, as we have seen in the midst of his death, to go home to his family. whether it was in minneapolis or whether it was i

child, george lloyd's daughter -- yesterday, several of us were in minneapolis, congresswoman sheila jackson lee, karen bass, ilhan omar, as we sat with the family and as i went up to that child and i said thank you, to her, and i shared her words back with her, i said, in your words, your daddy will change the world. and as her uncle was holding her, she reached and took my hand and she said, thank you for being here. so to the congressional black caucus, thank you for always being here. this is the first step. in her words, today we start to change the world. [applause] thank you. we are going to walk back in estate to you, but at this time, we are not taking any statements from the caucus. we are going to go and continue to do the people's work. thank you. [captions copyright national cable sa

beatty: thank you, madam anchor, congresswoman sheila jackson lee. madam speaker, i'd like to yield the balance of my time to congresswoman sheila jackson lee, to the chair. the speaker pro tempore: under the speaker's announced policy of january 4, 2021, the gentlewoman from texas, hosea jackson lee, is -- ms. jackson lee, is recognized for the remainder of the hour as the designee of the majority leader. ms. jackson lee: it's a delight now to, again, yield to the distinguished gentleman from mississippi. if i might say, the gentleman with the white jacket, as a member of the great divine nine, the kappas. mr. thompson: thank you very much. i appreciate the gentlelady allowing me to talk about my friend, alcee hastings. alcee hastings, to a lot of us, is what we call a renaissance man. when you knew alcee, you knew somebody who knew exactly what he was talking about at all times. i carried alcee hastings to the second district of mississippi a number of times. you know, for a florida boy, he could have been a mississippi boy. he knew bobby rush, the

congresswoman sheila jackson lee of texas joins me now. thank you for coming on. thankfully you and many other members of congress with respect on capitol hill yesterday but staffers were and others but what went through your mind adds you watched the attack play out? >> i'm offering my deepest sympathy to the family of officer evans and let them though how much we appreciated the service he gave to the nation and we pray for them during this very difficult time. the one thing i know is that our staff who were there, many of them, felt very secure by the quite capitol police. they made sure that they were safe and locked the doors so we know that we have a very fine force that needs a lot of help and obviously what went through my mind was the fact that there will be lone wolves and others, we don't know how many other interacting with conspiracies and wanting to test the security of the nation, frankly, with two or three or one. we are not safe after the toxicity of january 6th. of course promoted by the former president of the united states. what he did is say t

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joining me is democratic congresswoman sheila jackson lee of texas, a member of the house judiciary committeeank you for being with us. what's your take on that gesture from the texas governor last night, refusing to throw out the first pitch over what happened in georgia? >> well, unfortunately, our governor acted without facts, without substance and obviously in a biased manner. i guess he does not understand all of the pain that the foot soldiers went through crossing the edmund pettus bridge to fight for voting rights for everyone. clearly of the bill that is proposed here in texas, is voter suppression. clearly the bill that was passed in georgia is voter suppression, and all he's doing is trying to agitate as opposed to collaborate and to see how we can move forward, not as republicans and democrats but as americans who believe in the right to vote for everyone. >> it seems to be that there is this attempt, a race to say i'm the victim here. greg abbott is saying somehow he's the victim because baseball has moved the all-star game out of georgia. in your mind, in this discussion about v

joined now by congresswoman sheila jackson lee, who sits on the judiciary committee.oman, thanks so much for joining usment yesterday's verdict clearly was seen by many americans as a step in the right direction. but what do you make of all these state-level efforts by republicans to restrict the ability of people to protest? >> anderson, thanks for having me this evening. you know, i've spent time over the years that i have been dealing with police reform, just looking at the long rollcall list of black-americans, men and women, who have suffered violence at the hands of police officers. frankly, these legislatures are engaging in distraction and smoke and mirrors. and really, it is tragic when life and lives have been lost. we have been engaged in trying to stop the bloodshed. and certainly, we are very cognizant of police-community relationships. for us to be serious about this, anderson, we can't spend time making a mockery of the sacrifice of black lives matter. the work they have done. the young people they've brought together. the pain that they've felt. and ha

i'm joined now by texas congresswoman, democrat sheila jackson lee.ary committee. thank you for taking the time this morning. >> thank you for having me this morning. greetings. >> let's begin on this sticking point. the issue here is changing the standard for prosecuting officers from willful intent to. [ inaudible ] to one that is reckless. i wonder, is that a red line for democrats, that change? >> let's just say it's a red line for me. but i believe in if moving the ball forward. and i think it is very important that the discussions that we all are engaged in that we will continue to be engaged in in to move this legislation as swiftly forward as possible so the can sign it. it is long overdue. to be honest with you, the judiciary committee is dealing with policing issues for at least two decades. and put forward a number of initiatives that i think, frankly, if they've been passed 20 years ago, 15 years ago, such as the training component that is in the george floyd justice and policing act definition of excessive force we would have been in a di

. >> representative sheila jackson lee knows it. >> congress has the responsibility to do the right thingng to be president know it. >> the legacy of slavery is alive and well in every aspect of the economy. >> it's time to start the national, full-blown conversation about reparations. >> i agree with what elizabeth is saying. >> of course you do, bernie. okay. reparations ain't exactly coming yet, but it looks like the united states is finally ready to have the discussion about talking about reparations. reparations, meaning that the united states would pay back black folks for all the free labor it got during slavery and all the damage done to the black community every day since. and there's no better place to have this conversation than new orleans. there's no city in the country that combines the best of america's blackness, pain of american's racism, and the pain of watching white folks exercising all their rights. i've been coming to new orleans since i was a kid. i just vacationed with my family here. so i know the city and its history. and as much as it's been identified as a part

congresswoman sheila jackson lee, and our chairwoman, joyce beatty serve as guardians for me and many of my colleagues. joyce beatty was going to be here and speak on behalf as the chairwoman of our caucus, just like we've been visited by tragedy here in minnesota, she in columbus, ohio, was visited by a tragedy of a young woman whose life was taken by columbus police. and so i wanted to read a little bit of the resolution of congressional condolences that our guardian, congresswoman sheila jackson lee filed on behalf of our son, daunte wright here in minnesota. whereas daunte demetris wright attended thomas edison high school in minneapolis, which i'm an alum of, and blaine high school in blaine, minnesota. after high school he studied at the university of minnesota, twin cities in minneapolis. daunte demetris wright had a son born in july of 2019. daunte demetris wright named his son daunte demetris wright jr., and we are today comforted by the words of our lord in the revelation 21-4, which says and god shall wipe away all tears from their eyes, and there shall be no more death. ne

congresswoman sheila jackson lee always talk about cutie homes houston texas back there rocks i think yakama who. we got here from brandon williams was like a son to john it's. a very emotional day for me now really had it worse i'm overwhelmed with joy but i do want to start by saying thank you. first off thank you doll you. protesting in the middle of a pandemic when your lives and safety on the law appreciate it. especially to our legal team being tony. just. curious just like you. definitely definitely thank you to keep us in and his team. i think they did amazing jaw from start to finish on. our little evidence of the witnesses everything proved exactly what we saw in the video. where you. are questioning the decision not a jury and i want to watch. the system fails us as black men and women in america. with all evidence the everything points to a guilty verdict we somehow still don't get the guilty verdict or in some cases i got my good friend to walk. we don't even get charges. and we've been hearing from brandon williams nephew of george floyd we also heard from other members

congresswoman sheila jackson lee always talks about hughie holmes, in houston texas. we will hear from brandon williams, who was like a son to george. >> thank you. thank you to all of you guys advocating, protesting in the middle of a pandemic, your safety on the line, we appreciate that. especially to our legal team, tony, justin, chris, just in here. thank you to keith ellison and his team. [applause] they did an amazing job, from start to finish. all the evidence, the witnesses, everything prove exactly what we saw in that video. but yet, we still questioned the decision of the jury. and i wonder why? oftentimes, the system fails us as black and and women in america. all the evidence, everything into a guilty verdict, we somehow still don't get the guilty verdict. or in some cases, i have my good friend walker back here, we don't even get charges. >> right. brandon: so today is a pivotal moment for america. it is something this country has for a long time now. and hopefully, today is a start. we need change in this broken system. it was built to imprison us. it wa

congresswoman sheila jackson lee always talks about hughie holmes, in houston texas. we will hear from brandon williams, who was like a son to george. >> thank you. thank you to all of you guys advocating, protesting in the middle of a pandemic, your safety on the line, we appreciate that. especially to our legal team, tony, justin, chris, just in here. thank you to keith ellison and his team. [applause] they did an amazing job, from start to finish. all the evidence, the witnesses, everything prove exactly what we saw in that video. but yet, we still questioned the decision of the jury. and i wonder why? oftentimes, the system fails us as black and and women in america. all the evidence, everything into a guilty verdict, we somehow still don't get the guilty verdict. or in some cases, i have my good friend walker back here, we don't even get charges. >> right. brandon: so today is a pivotal moment for america. it is something this country has for a long time now. and hopefully, today is a start. we need change in this broken system. it was built to imprison us. it wa

that's not a real thing for congressman sheila jackson lee of texas once said that ar-15s weigh hundredsan ar-15? it's not a weapon of war, it turns out. to illustrate that we contrasted the rifles you can buy with the fully automatic m-16. here it is. >> when you hear people talk about can control they are probably talking about the ar-15. >> we are going to take your ar-15. >> the most popular rifle in america. the number one target of anti-gun activists. >> the nra has got to go! >> what is the ar-15? how does it work? we begin our investigation into this with one of the most popular gun review wheres youtube gun reviewers. >> here it is, it's unsafe. >> fantastic. and the selector here, it's a rifle that has a selector that goes all the way. >> go ahead. avoid the steel. >> i will deftly avoid the steel. >> the ar-15 is commonly referred to as an assault rifle. it is not. >> i'm ready. >> will you show the range? >> what was your name again? >>ga [laughs] sean hannity. >> tucker: if you ever searched for information's about guns on youtube, the most single most knowledgeable voice ab

congresswoman sheila jackson lee always talk about homes houston, texas. iraq's i think column we're going hear brandon williams would like to send to their emotional day for me. now, we had a overwhelmed with joy. but i do want to start by saying thank you. first of all, thank you to all you protests in the middle of the pandemic when your lives and safety on allowed with free >> and on a press conference with george floyd's family has 3 brothers spoke turning ben crump was there. reverend al sharpton, a number of civil rights leaders are at press conference. this is again, of course, after verdict that came down to finding derek chauvin guilty of all 3 charges against him in connection with george floyd's death. >> we'll play some sound from earlier today when president joe biden and vice president kamala harris called the floyd family take a >> sheila better now. nothing. make it all i think john is changed the world going to start to change now here. he said watching every second of >> yes, sure really important makes us see you guys. it hopefully this

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and congressman sheila jackson lee of texas said in a are was hundreds of pounds.ted the rifle you can buy with the fully automatic m-16. here it is. ♪ ♪ >> when you hear people talking about gun control, they are probably out talking about ar-15. >> yes, we're going to take your ar-15s. >> it is the most popular rifle in america and the number one target of gun activists. what is the ar-15? how does it work? why do people buy it? we began our investigation into this with the hickok 45, one of the most popular gun reviewers on youtube. >> let's go full auto, what the heck. [laughter] that look like fun? >> just hit me in the chest. >> there you go. it is unsafe. >> it's not just a semi, which they normally do. >> go ahead. avoid. >> i will definitely avoid the seal. >> the ar-15 is commonly referred to as an assault rifle. it is not. >> come out from under so we don't damage it if we miss. ♪ ♪ >> i'm ready. >> ready? >> this is a hickok 45. will you show us how this works on your ranch? >> okay. and what is your name again? >> sean hannity. >> that cowboy. >> tucke

and congressman sheila jackson lee of texas said in a are was hundreds of pounds.rifle you can buy with the fully automatic m-16. here it is. ♪ ♪ >> when you hear people talking about gun control, they are probably out talking about ar-15. >> yes, we're going to take your ar-15s. >> it is the most popular rifle in america and the number one target of gun activists. what is the ar-15? how does it work? why do people buy it? we began our investigation into this with the hickok 45, one of the most popular gun reviewers on youtube. >> let's go full auto, what the heck. [laughter] that look like fun? >> just hit me in the chest. >> there you go. it is unsafe. >> it's not just a semi, which they normally do. >> go ahead. avoid. >> i will definitely avoid the seal. >> the ar-15 is commonly referred to as an assault rifle. it is not. >> come out from under so we don't damage it if we miss. ♪ ♪ >> i'm ready. >> ready? >> this is a hickok 45. will you show us how this works on your ranch? >> okay. and what is your name again? >> sean hannity. >> that cowboy. >> tucker: if yo

georgia and texas, considering its own voter integrity law here is what texas congresswoman sheila jackson lee said. >> is it about race? the sp 7 bill is about race, yes coming texas it is about race. why they focus on voting rights as they lost the 2020 election rather than back on their feet and running. this truly about race. >> in texas republicans won the 2020 election. second in sb 7 we are increasingly hours for early voting, we maintain the same number of early voting days, president biden's home state of delaware, do not have, calling delaware racist, new york racist or voter suppression? know but we have voting capabilities in texas that exceed where they had. it is not about race. all about the vote. we had record voter turnout and republicans won the state. laura: true freedom is more than economic prosperity. it is also the ability to live your life, speak your mind without getting canceled. how i read state trailblazers protecting your freedom to speak out. we will find out next. [cheers & applause] >> laura: the oxford dictionary defines laura: the oxford victory defines libert

. >> we hear totally what you're saying, what's really interesting texas democrat sheila jackson leeng don't boycott texas over its new voting law, she sang quick bipartisan pressure on state legislatures, is not the way to go. >> the problem i have with the way that she framed the issue we seen the communities go through the large corporations and really threaten and apply extortion tactics that if you don't we are going to boycott you and the last thing that you want is a negative adverse publicity and then this case unfortunately it is clear mlb caved in their moving the game and you cannot justify atlanta over denver. liz: guy lewis, great to have you on, come back soon, fox news contributor jason chay fits on how it's going from bad to worse on the 60 minute story, we will show you more of what 60 minutes viewers did not see, what they deliberately left out to rig its narrative with the vaccination in exchange for political donation, what you're going to see is so overwhelming that 60 minutes critics say they should correct the story, the story next coming up. >> rarely have i s

we had the senator congresswoman sheila jackson lee. she's been behind me for so long and she's pushing the issue. we have to pass the george floyd policing act. and she runs at a pace that i never thought at the age that she is. every time i look up, i tell her, hold on. slow down. let me take this battery out your back. she's just like the energizer bunny. she just keeps going and going. but we need people like that that's going to fight and reverend al told me, hey, we've got to keep fighting. that's what we're here for. i didn't ask to be here. attorney crump, he came and he just -- to my knowledge right now, derek chauvin, he's understanding what that means right now. >> ben, there's been so much focus on the bystanders that day who were begging for george floyd's life, who testified passionately about what they saw. and that included a teenager who was just, at the time, 17 who captured the video of george floyd's death. how are you reflecting on their role in this verdict today? >> i think it was so crucial the bystanders. everyb

congresswoman sheila jackson lee always talked about cutie homes, houston texas. i think y'all call him woo. we're going to hear from brandon williams, was like a son to george. [ applause ] >> woo. >> it's a very mother-in-law day for me. i'm overwhelmed with joy, but i do want to start off by saying thank you. thank you to all you guys, advocating, protesting in the middle of a and, putting your lives and safety on the line. we appreciate that. especially to our legal team, ben, tony, justin, chris, justin back here. definitely, definitely thank you to keith ellison and his team. [ applause ] >> i think they did an amazing job from start to finish. all of the evidence, all of the witnesses, everything proved exactly what we saw in that video. but yet, often times this system fails us as black men and women in america. everything pointed to a guilty verdict. in some cases, i got my friend kenny walker back here. we don't even get charges. so today is a pivotal moment for america. it's something this country has needed for a long time now. hopefully today is the s

congresswoman sheila jackson lee always talk about kuni homes, houston, texas. we're going to hear from brandon williams who was like a son to george. >> it's a very emotional day for me. i'm overwhelmed with joy but first i want to say thank you. thank you to all you guys advocating, protesting in the middle of a pandemic, putting your lives and safety on the line. we appreciate that. especially to our legal team, ben, tony, justin, chris, justin back here. definitely thank you to keith ellison and his team. i think they did an amazing job from start to finish. all of the evidence, all of the witnesses, everything, proved exactly what we saw in that video. but, yet, we still question the decision of the jury. and i wonder why. oftentimes, the system fails us as black men and women in america. with all the evidence there, everybody pointing to a guilty verdict, we somehow still don't get the guilty verdict or in some cases i got my good friend kenny walker back here, we don't even get charges. >> right. >> so today is a pivotal moment for america. it's something

so i don't know if, when you look at the congressman that we have in the beginning, sheila jackson leeically saying, look, there's room for a lot of this. i think that joe biden with his 60% approval rating could actually show some really strong backbone here and say, we are not for this. if not they are probably going to look at a pretty uncomfortable next few weeks or months as they go into the 2022 midterms but worse than that, what you're seeing in minnesota can that happen everywhere as we politicize and nationalize all of these local issues. it doesn't matter at all to anybody, when they pulled him over for expired tags they found he had a warrant for his arrest, for failing to appear. as failing to appear not matter anymore, are we okay with that? he was also under investigation for illegal possession of a firearm. that's bad, right? i'm not saying that the tragedy of her reaching for her, picking up the gun, a terrible situation. she is now facing ten years, you saw her mug shot right there, it happened very quickly. this kind of thing can happen and it can happen in the system

>> well, he is going to work -- he made it very clear to sheila jackson lee, the author of hr 40, thatsitive to a study being done that will help the country get to where it needs to be on this issue. we've done this before. there's nothing unusual about this. but what we've got to do is don't allow the monetization of hr 40. even reparations itself. the root word i always say is to repair. so there needs to be a study of how do we repair the harm done by slavery? how do we repair the causes that were perpetrated during jim crow? that's what we need to have a study for. the problem is, people -- the moment you say reparations, people start talking about monetizing it. you can't monetize this. you got to get the institutions of our society tuned in to what needs to be done. and a good study will accomplish that. >> congressman clyburn, always a pleasure. thank you, sir. >> thank you very much for having me. >> we'll be right back. rough th. i feel something in me, like a fire, that's just growing. i feel kinder, when nature is so kind to me. find more ways to grow at miracle-gro.com. yo

. >> now, lastly, we had your colleague congresswoman sheila jackson lee with us last night a few days after she and other democrats on the house judiciary committee advance legislation that would create the first commission to study reparations for black americans. she has said that democrats are hoping to stage a vote on or around juneteenth. already there are reports of pushback not just from republicans, which is to be expected, but from democratic leaders, house leaders who are cagey about the timing of putting an already controversial bill up for vote while covid is the dominant legislative priority. your thoughts on that, congresswoman? >> well, i obviously supported hr 4, congresswoman jackson lee has worked on this for the last three conferences. she pecked up the mantle from congressman john conyers. i can tell you, we have made history already getting it in markup, getting it passed out of the judiciary committee. i certainly support bringing it forward, but let me just say, we first have to get through our john r. lewis voting rights act. that is at the top of our list as w

here's what sheila jackson lee said about it. watch. >> is it about race? yes. is the sb-7 bill about race? yes, in texas it's about race. that's tragic. why they focus immediately on voting rights? it was because they lost the 2020 election rather than putting their issues forth and running. it's about race. >> laura: governor, your response. >> republicans won the 2020 election. second in sb-7 we're increasing the hours for early voting. we maintain the same number of early voting days, days that new york and president biden's home state of delaware do not have. are they calling delaware racist and new york racist or voter suppression? no. we have voting capabilities in texas that far exceed what those states have. >> laura: it's not about race? >> not about race. all about the vote. we had a record voter turnout and republicans won the state. >> laura: governors, state with me. true freedom is more than just economic prosperity. it's also the ability to live your life and speak your mind without getting cancelled. so how are they protecting your freedoms to s

this is the bill's sponsor, texas congressmember sheila jackson lee. >> do not ignore the pain, the history, and the reasonableness of this commission. this is a governmental commission. a commission that establishes the parameters of a study that provide a roadmap for the truth of the brutality and the owners and terrible burden placed on african-americans in the station by slavery. amy: in the senate, lawmakers advanced a bill addressing hate crimes against asian americans. a final vote is expected this week. meanwhile, president biden named erika moritsugu as liaison to the asian american pacific islander community. moritsugu is of japanese and chinese descent who previously worked for the obama administration and is currently the vice president at national partnership for women & families, a women's health and equity non-profit. and those are some of the headlines. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the quarantine report. when we can bat, we will speak with congressmember rochon about president biden's vow to withdraw u.s. troops in afghanistan september 11, ending the longest wa

. >> and here's new reaction from texas congresswoman sheila jackson-lee. >> they wore their uniform. not hiding, let me just put on a shirt and a pants. they came boldly letting us know what america really stands for. do you know the world is watching? do you know the world is not used to the military and/or police going against the government or themselves? look what george floyd did. >> joining us right now is carmen best, the retired police chief of seattle. she is now an msnbc law enforcement analyst. so, chief, what is your reaction here to all of these officers who we saw making a statement, showing up in uniform? >> like everyone, i am glad to see that people come forward and particularly the officers and really just tell the truth particularly chief medaria arradondo. it is very unusual for a chief to come forward in this manner and testify against one of his officers and other subject matter experts and officers coming forward, but the fact of the matter is what happened and what they saw was so gregious and so outside of policy that everyone felt compelled to come forward.

you know what is really interesting too texas democrat sheila jackson lee, she is saying don't boycottas over its new voting law. put bipartisan pressure on state legislators. is that the way to go? >> well the problem i have with the way she, sort of frames the issue and we've seen this, we've seen the communities go to some of these large corporations and really threaten and apply extortion tactics if you don't we'll boycott you. the last thing you want is all this negative adverse publicity. in this case unfortunately it is clear that mlb caved. they're moving the game. elizabeth: got it. >> you can't justify you know atlanta over denver. elizabeth: got it. guy lewis. great to have you on. good to see you. come back soon. coming up fox news contributor jason chaffetz on how it is going from bad to worse with that botched "60 minutes" story. we're going to show you ion more of what "60 minutes" viewers did not see. what "60 minutes" deliberately left out in order to rig its narrative that governor desantis got publix to do vaccinations in exchange for political donations. what you're

congresswoman sheila jackson lee always talk about quiney holms, houston, texas, back there i think y'all call him woo we going to hear from brandon williams like a son to george. >> woo. >> woo. >> a very emotional day for me i'm out of words i'm overwhelmed by joy i want to start by saying thank you. first off, thank you to all you guys advocating and protesting during a pandemic and putting lives and safety on the line appreciate that. especially to our legal team ben, tony, justin, chris, justin back here. definitely, definitely thank you to keith ellison and his team. plausz plausz. [ applause ] i think they did an amazing job start to finish. all the of the evidence, all of the witnesses proved what we saw in the video but yet we still question the jurors. often time this system fails us as black men and women in america. everything pointing to a guilty verdict, we somehow still don't get the guilty verdict or in some cases i got my good friend kenny walker back here, we don't even get charges so today is a pivotal moment for america. something this country needed for a long time no

congresswoman sheila jackson lee, always talk about houston, texas, i think you call him lou. we are going to hear from brandon williams who was like a son to george. >> we lost our live shot there. you have been listening to the attorney for the floyd family. let's get back here. here's brandon williams. >> i'm overwhelmed with joy. i do want to start by saying thank you. first i'll thank you to all you guys advocating, protesting in the middle of a pandemic, putting your lives and safety on the line. we appreciate that. especially to our legal team, ben, tony, justin, chris. definitely, definitely thank you to keith ellison and his team. i think they did an amazing job from start to finish. all of the evidence, all of the witnesses, everything proved exactly what we saw in that video. but yet we still question the decision of the jury and i wonder why. oftentimes the system fails us as black men and women in america. with all the evidence, everything pointing to a guilty verdict, we somehow still don't get the guilty verdict, or some cases i to the my good friend kenny walke

congresswoman sheila jackson lee, talked about cutie holmes, in houston, texas, y'all called him with. brandon williams, like a son to george. [applause] >> very emotional day for me. not out of words i'm overwhelmed with joy. i want to say thank you, first off thank you for all you guys advocating, protesting in the middle of a pandemic, putting your lives, safety of your lives, appreciate that. especially the legal team, ben, tony, justin, chris, justin is back here. definitely, definitely, thank you to keith ellison and his team. [applause] i think they did an amazing job from start to finish. all of the evidence, all of the witnesses, everything, proved exactly what we saw on that video but yet we still questioning the decision of the jury. all the time system fails us as black men and women in america. with all the evidence, everything pointing to a guilty verdict, we somehow still don't get the guilty verdict or in some cases got my good friend kenny walker back here, we don't even get charges. >> right. >> so today is a pivotal moment. , for america. it is something this countr

floyd his brother who testified on his behalf at the during the trial rather representative sheila jackson lee from texas. one of those who arrived with the family this morning and a lot of media out here. they're all planning for a prayer service. during the lunch between the closing arguments, the reverend al sharpton will be leading that along with the benjamin crump, the family attorney. and other dignitaries. again, all of them men on justice for george floyd with the conviction of a former officer. derek chauvin. but again, before that could even happen. we have to get through closing arguments today and then the case will go to the jury who will deliberate. sequestered in fact, they won't be going home until they render a judgment in this case we have no idea how long that is going to take. the judge did tell them to hope for short but planned for a long haul. thank you very much, greg. >> and as you're saying, it's affecting businesses here in the bay area as well. they're preparing for any fall out when the word comes that the jury has reached a we've seen this before. unfortunately.

democrats were poud to pass and send to the senate our vawa re-authorization, led by congresswoman sheila jackson lee, removing the arbitrary deadline of e.r.a., led by congresswoman jackie speier. and to have enacted the american rescue act, which is helping many women to return to the workforce. and we will continue this drumbeat of action, ensuring the senate passes the paycheck fairness act, and advancing legislation to strengthen women's access to childcare, health care, workplace safety, and more. and as we move forward to build back better, president biden's phrase for how we have job creation in our country, we can only build back better if women are central to that effort. advancing an economy in a country that works for all of the people in america, very important to america's families and america's children. with that i urge a strong and hopefully bipartisan vote on h.r. 7, the paycheck fairness act. fairness is an all-american quality. fairness for women is essential, because we know that when women succeed, america succeeds. with that, mr. speaker, i yield back the balance of my time. i