[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 136 (Friday, July 31, 2020)]
[House]
[Pages H4201-H4204]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                ADDRESSING THE CRISIS OF SYSTEMIC RACISM

  (Mr. HOYER asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. HOYER. Mr. Speaker, last week, I shared with the House that my 
office has launched a website where Americans could learn about the 
George Floyd Justice in Policing Act, weigh in with their opinion on 
the bill, and list themselves as citizen cosponsors if they support it.
  Thousands of Americans, Mr. Speaker, have become citizen cosponsors. 
Many have also shared their own stories and called for Senate action on 
this bill.
  Sadly, Senate Republicans refuse to do anything to address the crisis 
of systemic racism in our country. More than a month has passed, and 
they have taken no action--nor on their own bills--on the George Floyd 
Justice in Policing Act. That is an irresponsible abdication of its 
duty to address the challenges facing our country.
  Today, Mr. Speaker, I will begin submitting the names of more than 
7,000 George Floyd Justice in Policing Act citizen cosponsors in the 
Congressional Record. There are so many of those, it may take several 
days.
  As more add their names at justiceinpolicing.us, we will continue to 
submit them into the Record, because the Senate needs to see how 
important this issue is to so many of our fellow Americans. They need 
to see how many of our people are urging them to act.
  Mr. Speaker, I include in the Record a list of citizen cosponsors to 
the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act.

       Steve Dwyer, Washington, DC; Annaliese Davis, Washington, 
     DC; Henry Snurr, Westminster, MD; Shaun Brown, Laguna Beach, 
     CA; Mariel Saez, Arlington, VA; Marco Konopacki, Syracuse, 
     NY; Megan Capiak, Niles, MI; Michael O'Hallaron, Washington, 
     DC; Emilie Winch, Washington, DC; Keiley O'Hallaron, 
     Washington, DC; Bridget, Washington, DC; Katie Drew, 
     Washington, DC; Antonia Hill, Washington, DC; Jim B. Grant, 
     Norcross, GA; Denise J Grant, Norcross, GA; Justice Echols, 
     Durham, NC; Lauren EJ Hamilton, Brooklyn, NY; Kali Stitt, New 
     York, NY; Joseph Ryan, Washington, DC; Jordan Madison, Silver 
     Spring, MD.
       Jazz Lewis, Lanham, MD; Ryah Wooten, Riverview, FL; Lauren 
     Grant, Spring, TX; Yancy Nesbitt, Laurel, MD; Sofia Leon, 
     Washington, DC; Hannah Biggie, Columbia, MD; Maya, 
     Washington, DC; Sonali Desai, Washington, DC; Anisah Assim, 
     Washington, DC; Jacob Huls, Washington, DC; Sharon M Saez, 
     Leonardtown, MD; Michael Kelly, South Burlington, VT; 
     Nicolette Mehran, Braselton, GA; Naomi Tilman, Scotch Plains, 
     NJ; Stephen Kotok, Little Silver, NJ; Caitlin Kovalkoski, 
     Washington, DC; Colette Berg, Missoula, MT; Delisa Gaines, 
     San Antonio, TX; Angel Martinez, Laredo, TX; Diana Shao, 
     Strongsville, OH.
       Jessie, Atlanta, GA; Daniella Martinez Norman, Houston, TX; 
     Nils Went, Orlando, FL; Emily Shepherd, Washington, DC; 
     Claudia Salinas, Washington, DC; Lauren Kawulicz, Brookfield, 
     CT; Graham G, Washington, DC; Nancy Velasco, Waukegan, IL; 
     Shaw, Boulder, CO; Emily Norris, Baltimore, MD; Brigid 
     Mulroe, Montclair, NJ; Vicki Rega, San Francisco, CA; 
     Angelica Yvonne Wagner, Lawrenceville, GA; Alex Flack, 
     Marietta, GA; Ben Anderson, Omaha, NE; Yuri Beckelman, 
     Washington, DC; Ellen, Arvada, CO; Toyin Awesu, Arlington, 
     VA; Allison Griffin, Nashville, TN; Katie Lupo, Tucson, AZ.
       Alex Scheuer, Washington, DC; Christy Hayek, Los Angeles, 
     CA; Erin Weyen, Washington, DC; Neil Bomberg, Miami, FL; Rose 
     Williams, Dacula, GA; Andrew Martin, Temecula, CA; Aditi 
     Dinakar, Washington, DC; Patricia Barnard, Brookings, OR; 
     Joann Mena, Leonia, NJ; Melissa M Mark, Sacramento, CA; Henry 
     Doyle, Olympia, WA; Elizabeth Goggins, Frederiksted, VI; 
     Ravenn Davis, Sacramento, CA; Song Vaj, Saint Paul, MN; Lynn 
     Surum, Yulee, FL; Megan Burgess, Post Falls, ID; Michele A., 
     Rowland Heights, CA; Julia Johnson, Arlington, VA; Sara 
     Barber, Washington, DC; Safiya Braylor, Portland, OR.
       Debra Chapman, Junction City, CA; Brandon Stettenbenz, 
     Louisville, KY; Alec Goldstone, Washington, DC; Sharon Capps, 
     Mayfield, KY; Karen Klink, Hermosa Beach, CA; Maritza 
     Nocella, Hightstown, NJ; Anand Loharikar, Annandale, VA; 
     Gregory Hentzel, Palo Alto, CA; Julia Hornaday, Kansas City, 
     MO; Sean Worley, Washington, DC; Olivia Desilva, New York, 
     NY; Maureen Soricelli, Norfolk, VA; Rick Snow, Sacramento, 
     CA; Tracy Bush, Oklahoma City, OK; Sarah Williams, Torrance, 
     CA; Valerie Gorsuch, Palos Verdes Peninsula, CA; Joann Lee, 
     San Pedro, CA; Tygh, Vineland, NJ; Marcia Rojewski, Windsor, 
     CT.
       Victoria Massaro, Atlanta, GA; Ricardo C. Lacey, Phoenix, 
     AZ; Clara Roberts, Poway, CA; Alan Archer, Torrance, CA; 
     Patricia Wilson, Bellflower, CA; Bridget Mahoney, Redondo 
     Beach, CA; JaMelle Hill, Warner Robins, GA; Karen Falk, 
     Tucson, AZ; Cristina Flores, Laredo, TX; LaDarion K. Jones 
     (D), Plano, TX; J Block, Harrisburg, PA; Amanda Baity, 
     Washington, DC; Sarah Martin, Chicago, IL; Deborah Giroux, 
     Austin, TX; SAM, Ashland, WI; Aaron Jackson, Van Nuys, CA; 
     Kara Kanter, Roswell, GA; David Lindsey, Brandywine, MD; 
     Susan Norton, Salem, OH; Diane Namm, Malibu, CA.
       Emily Burns, Washington, DC; Rebecca Kahn, Cincinnati, OH; 
     Elisabeth Pfaff, Austin, TX; Gary Scott, San Diego, CA; 
     Kristi Gunster, Bethesda, MD; Dawn F Bracknell, Crossville, 
     TN; David Bury, Chesapeake Beach, MD; Daniel B. Schwartz, 
     Washington, DC; Beth S. Marx, Brookline, MA; Ben Berger, 
     Washington, DC; Susan Mason, Kent, WA; Susan Renee Laskowska 
     Mason, Kent, WA; Brad Howard, Washington, DC; Amos Hochstein, 
     Washington, DC; Betty Day, Hemet, CA; Vanessa Frank, Ventura, 
     CA; Justin Drew, Washington, DC; Spencer Woods, Seattle, WA; 
     Leesa Morgan, Addison, TX; Charles N. Slusher, Annandale, 
     VA.
       J.M. Hardin, Jamaica Plain, MA; Brenda Kuciemba, New York, 
     NY; Nancy Clifton, Austin, TX; James Loeffler, Washington, 
     DC; Darlene Williams, Gray, LA; Kristine Fagler, Tualatin, 
     OR; Connie Pugh, Sunnyvale, CA; Jed Kittell, Seattle, WA; 
     Elizabeth Helen Joyce, Seattle, WA; Peter Dodge, Silver 
     Spring, MD; Orlando, Monrovia, CA; Patricia Sadowski, 
     Milwaukee, WI; Jane Segal, San Francisco, CA; Pemberley, 
     Seattle, WA; Matthew Dahl, Renton, WA; David Berman, Los 
     Angeles, CA; Katheryn Anderson, Baltimore, MD; Rebecca, 
     Palmer, AK; Jared Neil, San Francisco, CA; Carol Tessena, 
     Pamplin, VA.
       Kim Lynch, Saint Johns, FL; Neeki Memarzadeh, Atlanta, GA; 
     Elena Kochnowicz, Washington, DC; Maggie Curran, Haverhill, 
     MA; Charlitta Bragg, La Plata, MD; Jessica Routzahn, 
     Washington, DC; Dana Cowley, Golden, CO; Krystal Ka'ai, 
     Washington, DC; Rober Family, Crownsville, MD; Daniel 
     Lifshitz, Passaic, NJ; Sandy Washington, La Plata, MD; Hugh 
     Douglas Slusher, Columbus, OH; Judie Guerriero, San 
     Francisco, CA; Katrina L Lang, Nashport, OH; Bud Riddle, 
     Livonia, MI; Frank M. Aiello, New York, NY; Cassandra Ersoz, 
     Chicago, IL; Alie Fordyce, Boulder, CO; Brenden Pearson, 
     Minneapolis, MN; Kenan McEwan, Eagle Mountain, UT.
       Brooke Hammarskjold, Atherton, CA; Laura Aronson; San 
     Francisco, CA; Sheri Rosenfeld, Washington, DC; Ella 
     Rosenfeld, Los Angeles, CA; Susan Zavaglia, Hawthorne, NJ; 
     Lisa, Bothell, WA; Allison Cunningham, Washington, DC; Sammi 
     Rosenfeld, Washington, DC; Addie Alexander, Austin, TX; 
     Prince Taylor, Fort Lauderdale, FL; Michele MacDonald, 
     Hollywood, FL; Ronald Bragg, La Plata, MD; Sen. Connie 
     Johnson, Oklahoma City, OK; Clarissa Rojas, Canoga Park, CA; 
     Patrice Rhoades, Novato, CA; Marisa Barnes, Jersey City, NJ; 
     Jack Crawford, Valdosta, GA; Wanda Stephanie Sullivan, 
     Charlotte, NC; Sarah Lewis Yow, Greensboro, NC; Juernine M 
     Wright, Upper Marlboro, MD.
       Dena Briscoe, Oxon Hill, MD; Lisa Quill, Coltons Point, MD; 
     Olga Booth, Huntingtown, MD; Stephen Weiner, Odenton, MD; 
     Jamie Andrews, Greensboro, NC; Karen Harris, Waldorf, MD; 
     Christine Head, Clinton, MD; Eugene S Tehansky, 
     Mechanicsville, MD; Vonita Craft, Fort Washington, MD; 
     Michael Glaser, Saint Marys City, MD; Howard Johnson, Bowie, 
     MD; Kevin Dixon, Charlotte, NC; Parisa Lamei, Austin, TX; 
     Craig Jeschke M.D., Huntingtown, MD; Sarah Steinbacher, Fort 
     Mill, SC; Maggie Schmidt, Bethesda, MD; Kevin Boyce, Bowie, 
     MD; Fariba, Braselton, GA; Everett L. Green, Chino Hills, CA; 
     Joseph Nevis, Great Mills, MD.
       Jennifer, Seattle, WA; Diane Clark, Beaumont, TX; Nakisa 
     Moin, Austin, TX; Paul Lackey, Bowie, MD; Eda Babbe, Palos 
     Verdes Peninsula, CA; Alfred Sonnenstrahl, Rockville, MD; 
     Nicole DeLoia, Charlotte, NC; Wendy Ford, Waldorf, MD; 
     Catherine Cretu, Owings, MD; Michael Eidsness, College Park, 
     MD; Melissa Fallabel, Mechanicsville, MD; Hawa Osime, MD, 
     Waldorf, MD; Byron Lao, Mechanicsville, MD; Alberto, 
     Broomfield, CO; LM, Bowie, MD; Justin D. Hoffman, 
     Minneapolis, MN; Sharon Brown, Chaptico, MD;

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     H Lowell, New York, NY; Lisa Michelle Forsyth, Huntersville, 
     NC; Michael Jones, Clinton, MD.
       Leteshia Chresse Colburn, Hagerstown, MD; Shirley A Young, 
     Upper Marlboro, MD; LaTondra Bonds, Kernersville, NC; 
     Stephanie Rodriguez, Lexington Park, MD; Chanda Welch, Grand 
     Rapids, MN; Inga J. Glodowski, Brooklyn, NY; Margo Myers, 
     Stanford, CA; Blair, Fort Worth, TX; Donald N Cooper, 
     Brandywine, MD; Pamela Harris Perry, Mission Viejo, CA; 
     Natalia Escobar, Pompano Beach, FL; Karen Heymann, New York, 
     NY; Jazmine, Hyattsville, MD; Dr. Valencia Campbell, Fort 
     Washington, MD; Tara Hughes, Winchester, MA; Sandra Benston, 
     Bowie, MD; J'Neal Hachquet, Reno, NV; Ruei Tuo, Katy, TX; 
     Jada Ward, Suitland, MD; D Bucka, Irvine, CA; Rhonda Yakoub, 
     Hyattsville, MD.
       Deborah Gambles, Fort Washington, MD; Jason Blu, Edgewater, 
     MD; A Fraser, Washington, DC; Ruthanna Emrys Gordon, 
     Hyattsville, MD; Kathy, Oklahoma City, OK; Oriana, 
     Burlington, NJ; Michelle, Solvang, CA; Kimberly Johnson, 
     Bryans Road, MD; Robert Waterman, Titusville, FL; Nancy 
     Goth, Springfield, MO; Kelly Adamo, Oklahoma City, OK; 
     Sandy Gottstein, Anchorage, AK; Edward Kim, New York, NY; 
     Shawn VanDiver, San Diego, CA; Trey Cameron, Cornelius, 
     NC; Jay Potts, Arvada, CO; Joel Prochaska, Cedar Rapids, 
     IA; David B Whitworth, Oberlin, OH; B J Oland, Richmond, 
     VA; Maura A Rosenbeck, Springfield, MA.
       Michal Regunberg, Cambridge, MA; Dana Carlson, Escanaba, 
     MI; Kathleen McCabe, Baltimore, MD; Brian Powell, Columbia, 
     MO; Janet, West Orange, NJ; Debra Vaello, Cypress, TX; Judith 
     McHale, Peoria, AZ; Katie Sharp, Cameron, NC; Megan Mayfield, 
     Denver, CO; Kenneth Jones, Chaska, MN; Sarah Berman, 
     Lancaster, PA; Anne Byrnes, Red Bank, NJ; Andrea McDonald-
     Fingland, Chesapeake Beach, MD; Susan Clements, Oakland, CA; 
     John Anaya, San Francisco, CA; Andre Davis, Johnstown, PA; 
     Lisa Wolfson, College Park, MD; Dianne Fischbach, Ipswich, 
     MA; D. Dunn, Castro Valley, CA; Ken Shilling, Glenn Dale, MD.
       Sharon Phippen, Orland, CA; Jeri, Leonardtown, MD; 
     Catherine Crooks, Latimer, IA; Cheri Peterson, Champaign, IL; 
     LesLeigh Ford, Washington, DC; Cynthia Campbell, Clinton, WA; 
     Barbara Johnson, New Orleans, LA; Beverly Roderick, 
     Charleston, SC; Kirsten Corby, New Orleans, LA; Thomas 
     Strouse, Seattle, WA; Deborah Gwin, Portage, MI; Debra Hange, 
     North Wales, PA; Joshua Csehak, Cambridge, MA; Cheryl Nita, 
     Franklin Lakes, NJ; Gregg Chadwick, Santa Monica, CA; Natalie 
     Edelstein, Washington, DC; Debra Gerberding, Spencer, IN; 
     Michelle White, Baton Rouge, LA; Tom Petska, Solomons, MD; 
     Janice Coble, Des Moines, IA.
       Janice Belletti, Greer, SC; Pamela L Sanford, Salt Lake 
     City, UT; David Kelsey, Hollywood, MD; Jennifer Romer, Santa 
     Clara, CA; Kevin W Price, New Castle, DE; Norma Powers, 
     Solomons, MD; Prarthana Rawal, Dublin, CA; Bob Barton, Upper 
     Marlboro, MD; Trish Poley, Chester Springs, PA; Josh 
     Weatherman, Camarillo, CA; Melony Smith, Auburn, GA; Malley 
     Delurey, Williamsburg, VA; Ann Navez, Sunnyvale, CA; Jana 
     Cullefer, Waldron, AR; Mary Beth Debus, Buffalo, NY; Stephen 
     Tripoli, Saratoga Springs, NY; Dylan Smith, Arlington, VA; 
     Elizabeth Hendrikson, Cottage Grove, MN; Samuel Brewster, 
     Belton, MO; Andrew Strommen, Fremont, CA.
       Clarisse Teepe-Fryrear, Nevada, MO; Vanessa L Behymer, 
     Libertyville, IL; Barbara Richards, Wexford, PA; Laurie 
     Sundstrom, Spokane, WA; Janet Bemis, Newton, MA; Anna Mercer, 
     Milwaukee, WI; Timothy Lyons, Bolton Landing, NY; Katherine 
     Harvey-Lee, Culver City, CA; Rebecca Clark, Salem, OR; Alisha 
     Oldham, Rogers, AR; Terry Lee White, Beltsville, MD; Cathy 
     Nolan, Livermore, CA; Jacqualyn Michaud, Sheboygan, WI; 
     Andrew SchmidT, Grayslake, IL; James C Miller, Takoma Park, 
     MD; Laura Schilling, Atlanta, GA; Carrie Doran, Missoula, MT; 
     Aaron Brynen, San Leandro, CA; Phyllis Marion, Saint Louis, 
     MO; Jo Appleby, San Francisco, CA.
       Susan Stauch, West Richland, WA; KathyJones-Hospod, Cedar 
     Park, TX; Alba Anderson, Ottumwa, IA; Jake Bayer, La Plata, 
     MD; Gus Achterberg, Lusby, MD; Michael underwood, 
     Bloomington, IL; Robin Ross-Henning, Barrington, IL; 
     Elizabeth Martinson, San Jose, CA; Terah Moxley, Dallas, TX; 
     Shannon Hawes, Saint Inigoes, MD; Beverly A Carter, 
     Lillington, NC; Dr. Sharon Jones, Waldorf, MD; Chuck Dewald, 
     Nanticoke, PA; Gleb Garshin, Portland, OR; Virgil Goodson, 
     Kissimmee, FL; Trina Riley, Lanham, MD; Titi, Houston, TX; 
     Michele Millburg, Springfield, IL; Jamie Kanda, Boulder, CO; 
     Carol M Baldwin, Estes Park, CO.
       Kasandra Briscoe, Clinton, MD; Nancy McGuigan, Henrico, VA; 
     Andrea Kmetz-Sheehy, Minneapolis, MN; Gwen Roche, Redlands, 
     CA; Carol Clay, Richmond, VA; Sheryl Rose, Jackson, MI; 
     Cynthia Lyons, Bakersfield, CA; Lynn Oliver, Dayton, OH; amy, 
     Madison, WI; Gricela, San Lorenzo, CA; Chris Martin, Round 
     Lake, IL; Kristen ONeill, Washington, DC; Monica Francisco-
     DeKam, Kalamazoo, MI; Miguel Melgar, Wheeling, IL; Tamara S, 
     Miami, FL; Allison Adcock, Charlotte, NC; Susan 
     McKinley, Callaway, MD; Marti Young, Bryan, TX; Anita 
     Henley, Blue Springs, MO; Steven & Tetyana Palm, Callaway, 
     MD.
       Barbara Ferrenz, Owings, MD; Allison Estaris, Chula Vista, 
     CA; Kelley Gibson, Philadelphia, PA; Lara Bernstein, New 
     York, NY; Cynthia Miller, Huntingtown, MD; Jennifer Hill, 
     Mount Arlington, NJ; Tassie Thompson, Upper Marlboro, MD; 
     Rachel Shain, New York, NY; Gwen Kachelmyer, Saint Paul, MN; 
     Jerry Borrel, Middletown, DE; Shawn Betts, Clovis, CA; 
     Rebecca L Kepich, Trenton, NJ; Marian Peris, Redwood City, 
     CA; Julie Akyol, Rotonda West, FL; Susan Lukas, La Plata, MD; 
     Sharon Wheeler, Homer Glen, IL; Joyce Santos, Flemington, NJ; 
     Nathan Hill, Hyattsville, MD; Nelisha Silva, Las Vegas, NV; 
     Christina Baldwin, Hawthorne, CA.
       Sarah Lloyd, Riverside, NJ; Susan Walton, Evergreen, CO; 
     Brandon McCord, Cordova, TN; Dara Ely, Mount Arlington, NJ; 
     Leah Warner, Tampa, FL; Maryanne Grady, Syracuse, NY; Norma 
     Cruz, Deltona, FL; Sonya Hopson, Bowie, MD; Linda Teixeira-
     Reyes, Brockton, MA; Alex Ng, New York, NY; Alexia Courtois, 
     Bernalillo, NM; Kim Barnes-Allen, Westfield, NJ; Terry Bobbe, 
     Scandinavia, WI; Michelle Stewart, Savannah, GA; Peter 
     Maness, Millburn, NJ; Carol Hart, Decatur, GA; Lauren 
     Vreeland-Long, Novato, CA; Cynthia Critten, Waldorf, MD; 
     Michelle Gillens, Waldorf, MD; Susy Ruiz, Las Vegas, NV.
       Regina Lawrence, Huntingtown, MD; Scott Zorc, Wickliffe, 
     OH; Dana F, Lawrence, KS; Dave Smouse, California, MD; Karen 
     Wilson, Lusby, MD; Susan McMartin, Studio City, CA; Lara 
     Ingraham, Los Angeles, CA; Caroline Clements, Wilmington, NC; 
     Mazzotti Maria, San Leandro, CA; Lee Kimberlin, Toms River, 
     NJ; Kim Klatt-Champ, Atlanta, GA; Julia Kravitz, Washington, 
     DC; Michael Bishop, Tampa, FL; Char Epting, Chicago, IL; 
     William Berkson, Reston, VA; Tameka Washington, Atlanta, GA; 
     Sue Wright, San Mateo, CA; Joanne Fierro, Gilroy, CA; Jarrett 
     Blanc, Washington, DC; Kevin O'Connor, Imperial Beach, CA.
       Kacey Underwood, Capistrano Beach, CA; Vikki Cutrone, 
     Saugerties, NY; Ann Gordon, Upper Marlboro, MD; Alicia Fox, 
     Los Angeles, CA; Haley Regan, Scotch Plains, NJ; Giovanni 
     Sce, Summit, NJ; Tracy Whitford, Stroudsburg, PA; Tricia Le 
     Vito, Harleysville, PA; Carol Rogers, Grosse Pointe, MI; Erin 
     Isbell, Stevenson Ranch, CA; Robin Deal, Davidsonville, MD; 
     Constance Ingram, Littleton, CO; Victoria, Forsyth, GA; Diane 
     Weeks, Alpharetta, GA; Katie Yezzi, Delmar, NY; Geri Modell, 
     Plainfield, NJ; Lindsay Hamburg, San Diego, CA; Rachel 
     Eisenberger, Lancaster, PA; Dulce Lara, El Paso, TX; Heather 
     Smith, Corona, NY.
       Jake Williams, Spokane, WA; Amanda Compton-Dandridge, 
     Moscow, TN; Maggie Skenderian, Portland, OR; Rebecca Bates, 
     Oxnard, CA; Rejeanne Veilleux Scott, Pinckney, MI; Maria 
     Umbsaar, Saint Petersburg, FL; Wendy Kibler, California, MD; 
     Carrie Velez, Roy, UT; Nata Andresen, Brooklyn, NY; Mary 
     Julie Clark, Spokane, WA; Max Gordon, Pepperell, MA; Alec 
     Buckley, Washington, DC; Laura Garison, Plano, TX; Susan 
     Chipley, Morgantown, WV; Leon Brown, Tucson, AZ; Karen 
     Newman, Glen Gardner, NJ; Kimmy Robinson, Dallas, TX; Toyah 
     Miller, Allen, TX; Christina, Glenpool, OK; Lisa Collins, 
     Perkasie, PA.
       Libi, Goodlettsville, TN; Jason O'Connell, Pensacola, FL; 
     Danielle Miller, Topanga, CA; Crystal Bartlett, Everett, WA; 
     Leigh Anne Jasheway, Eugene, OR; Karen Lamb, Sturgis, MI; 
     Michelle Edge, Summerville, SC; Lisa B Vialpando, Denver, CO; 
     George Christopher Thomas, Port Hueneme, CA; Eileen Shatzman, 
     Gaithersburg, MD; Claire Merrick, Bowie, MD; Jared Chase, 
     Hartford, CT; Anna R Smith, Chicago, IL; Allison Arkin, 
     Chicago, IL; Serena Bloom, Bowie, MD; Randy Sartin, Michie, 
     TN; Mark J. Reichel, Sacramento, CA; Cynthia Page, Methuen, 
     MA; Lorraine Wilson, College Park, MD; Lynn Villagtan, San 
     Jose, CA.
       Michael Blumenstock, Bowie, MD; Justin Garison, Plano, TX; 
     William J Earl Jr, Temple Hills, MD; Daniel Ballew, Fort 
     Worth, TX; Michael Rosen, West Hempstead, NY; Wayne E Rock, 
     Glenn Dale, MD; Robin Tilson, Pompano Beach, FL; Lucie 
     Jaquez, El Paso, TX; Kay Ziegler, Seymour, IN; L. Sanacory, 
     Orrstown, PA; Lizette Garcia, Rancho Cucamonga, CA; Mai, 
     Millburn, NJ; Thomas Masano, Lusby, MD; Suzanne Brenner, 
     San Jose, CA; Diane S White, Pinckney, MI; Ann M 
     Haralambie, JD, Silver Lake, NH; Walter Poliansky, 
     Cheltenham, MD; Pauline Pang, Chicago, IL; Liz Eldridge, 
     Katy, TX; Juanita Clark, Winter Haven, FL.
       Sayed Elgamal, Clinton, MD; Jayne Bray, Fayetteville, NC; 
     Stacey Weiss, Chicago, IL; Shannon L Lewis, Brunswick, GA; 
     Vivienne Rose, Bowie, MD; Caitlin Mitchell, Saint Petersburg, 
     FL; Scott Wasserman, Morganville, NJ; Hallal Kiflom, Clinton, 
     MD; Linda Portoghese D'Alo, East Rockaway, NY; Beth Swoap, 
     Saint Leonard, MD; Lyn Johnson, New Port Richey, FL; Lisa, 
     Brooklyn, NY; Brian Johnson, New Port Richey, FL; Kathy Fang, 
     Saratoga, CA; Kim Jones, Tracys Landing, MD; Daneshea Crews, 
     Marietta, GA; Michael Craney, Milwaukee, WI; Heather Turner, 
     Lawrenceburg, IN; Kathryn Treit, Seattle, WA; Madaline Jones, 
     Los Angeles, CA.
       Sarah Harmon, San Jose, CA; Robert Marley, Bear, DE; 
     Vyshnavi Karra, Cambridge, MA; Adaku Nwadigo, Lanham, MD; 
     Jennifer Whited, Henderson, NV; Julia Brandt, Floral Park, 
     NY; Kathryn Herbolsheimer, Thornton, CO; Jocelyn Vargas, Bell 
     Gardens, CA; Shana Levin, Sedona, AZ; Charlie Donnor, Palm 
     Harbor, FL; Michael Soller, Davis, CA; Jennifer Frazier, Fort 
     Wayne, IN; Noah Cohen, Scarborough, ME; L Hawkins, White 
     Plains, MD; Danielle Hazelgreen, Louisville, KY; Biviana 
     Solis, Clute, TX; Lisa Hendricks, Las Vegas,

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     NV; Thomas Lynch, Floral Park, NY; Jose Herrera, Lawrence, 
     MA; Tamika L'Ecluse, Sacramento, CA.
       Cherie Bulluck, Oxon Hill, MD; Andrea Hall, Catharpin, VA; 
     Neil Bornn-Gilman, Catharpin, VA; Diamond, Washington, DC; 
     Betty Thornton-Dunn, Wilmington, DE; Nickeisha Frazer, 
     Hempstead, NY; Kimberly Wheeler, Albion, NY; B. Edwards, 
     Upper Marlboro, MD; Martha Chang, Austin, TX; Vin Miloscio, 
     Fairfield, NJ; Cynthia Thomas, Menomonie, WI; James Weeks, 
     Princeton, NJ; Jenna, Las Vegas, NV; Kathleen Morgan, 
     Boulder, CO; Andrianna Stuart, Clinton, MD; Robin Sherin, New 
     York, NY; Julio Cervantes, Los Angeles, CA; Robbie 
     Wichterman, Chaska, MN; Amy Labb, Forest Park, IL; Norma 
     Vela, Steuben, ME.
       Matthew Gustowski, Muskego, WI; Teri Levin, Sherman Oaks, 
     CA; Geraldine Connor, Shingleton, MI; Julie Beckner, Carmel, 
     IN; Andrew Davis, Sudbury, MA; Nicole Kelleher, Arlington, 
     TX; Alyssa Tornel, Hayward, CA; Justin B Taylor, San 
     Francisco, CA; Lily W Fillmore, San Francisco, CA; Jose 
     Estevez, New York, NY; Colin Komar, Bowie, MD; Judith Jordan, 
     Sarasota, FL; Carbone Michele, Santa Barbara, CA; Barry 
     Derfel, Ithaca, NY; Francisco Rodriguez, California City, CA; 
     Ernestine Grant, New York, NY; Domenica Santoro, Boca Raton, 
     FL; Kelsey Wheeler, New York, NY; Judith Learned, Wonder 
     Lake, IL; Cassandra Pfister, Beaverton, OR.
       Dale Ude, Lusby, MD; David Grenier, Hughesville, MD; 
     Courtney Wicker, Bronx, NY; Tiger Wiese Jones, Wilsonville, 
     OR; Talia, Washington, DC; Janice Davis, Washington, DC; 
     Alycia Quick, Sutton, MA; Pier Boudreau, Alvin, TX; Rohit 
     Agrawal, Oak Brook, IL; Leslie Sinclair, Freeland, WA; 
     Barbara A. Ratliff, Charlotte, NC; Danette Lipten, New York, 
     NY; Diane Fortney, Saint Augustine, FL; Suzana Han, Elmwood 
     Park, IL; Beth Couter, Forsyth, IL; Yesenia Cuarenta, 
     Paramount, CA; Christine Grenat, Temecula, CA; Maureen G, 
     Fort Washington, MD; Bernard P. Lake, Great Mills, MD; 
     Aracely Lopez, Bronx, NY; Kelly Martin, Minneapolis, MN.
       Jeremy Kohler, San Antonio, TX; Johanna Kopp, New York, NY; 
     Sinakhone Keodara, Los Angeles, CA; Rachel Ward, Long Island 
     City, NY; Staci Hyman, New York, NY; Jan Emerson, New York, 
     NY; Judith E Strohmaier, Upper Marlboro, MD; Nithyasri 
     Sharma, Brooklyn, NY; Aya Hayashi, Brooklyn, NY; Nancy 
     Russell, Toledo, OH; Nick Millington, Arlington, VA; 
     Christian Irons, Waterloo, AL; Jamie McQueen, South 
     Burlington, VT; Latonya Veasley, Mansfield, TX; Mark Cecil, 
     Macomb, MI; Teri Whitehair, San Mateo, CA; Dana Trevas, 
     Brandywine, MD; Gregory Kitchens, Fort Washington, MD; Janet 
     Schwartz, Philadelphia, PA; Lisa Villagran, Portland, OR; 
     Yogi Patel, Niles, IL.
  Mr. HOYER. Mr. Speaker, I also want to urge the Senate to stop 
ignoring this issue and listen to the voices of thousands who have 
taken the time to add their names here and share their stories. We must 
take action to make it clear that Black lives matter.
  Mr. Speaker, we passed a bill just a few days ago to remove the 
statues of Roger Brooke Taney and other people. In the opinion, the 
Dred Scott decision, what Roger Brooke Taney of the State of Maryland 
said was Black lives do not matter. They are not citizens. They are not 
worthy, he pointed out, to be with those of us who are White.
  We need to make sure that those citizens of our country understand 
that, yes, Black lives matter.
  Mr. Speaker, I also have the sad obligation to say that yesterday, 
Mr. Donnald Anderson passed away. He was a page at the age of 13 on 
this floor. We don't have pages anymore, but it was a wonderful 
experience for those young people.
  He stayed. He stayed in the Cloakroom. He became the director of the 
Cloakroom, and then he became the Clerk of the House.
  He had a distinguished career serving in this institution, which he 
loved. It began as a teenager, as I said.
  When I came to the House, he was the assistant manager of the 
Democratic Cloakroom. He served as Clerk of the House for the 100th 
through the 103rd Congresses.
  Donn was also a U.S. Army Reservist. His life was filled with service 
to his country.
  Mr. Speaker, I hope all of the Members of this House will join me in 
expressing gratitude for his life and service and condolences to Donn's 
family. I will be taking time when we return.
  Mr. Speaker, I want to announce our schedule. I did it before when 
not everybody was on the floor, but hopefully most. We are sending it 
out.
  Mr. Speaker, I would like to take a moment to thank the House for 
their hard work and perseverance as we engaged in one of the most 
productive periods in the modern history of the House.
  In 20 days, 4 weeks--1\1/2\ weeks in June, 2\1/2\ weeks in July--the 
number of major bills we passed in June and July is literally 
staggering.
  We passed the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act. We passed the 
Defense authorization bill. We passed D.C. statehood. We passed 
legislation to strengthen and expand the Affordable Care Act; a bill to 
protect renters and mortgage holders; a No Ban to reverse the Muslim 
ban, which was inconsistent with America's Constitution and principles; 
and we provided for access to counsel.
  We passed the Great American Outdoors Act in a bipartisan fashion; a 
major, major infrastructure bill; Water Resources Development Act; a 
bill to remove Confederate statues, which I have already talked about; 
childcare bills, two major childcare bills; 10--listen to me--10 
appropriations bills.
  The Senate has not passed a single appropriations bill, not one.
  When we came here to the last Congress, to this Congress, the 
government was shut down. Why? Because the majority party had not 
passed the funding of government.
  None of you, in my view, nor I, have served in a 20-day period where 
so much consequential legislation was passed. Sadly, Mr. Speaker, much 
of that legislation is now and may well be sitting in the Senate for 
some period of time.
  This came, Mr. Speaker, after we passed the HEROES Act 80-some days 
ago.
  We now, Mr. Speaker, face a crisis, our people face a crisis, our 
country faces a crisis, because for 80 days that legislation sat 
untended in the United States Senate, and the relief that the American 
people needed then and now--and now has become a crisis--were not 
tended to by the United States Senate.
  The leader of the United States Senate said: Let the States go 
bankrupt. Thankfully, the leader of this party said: Let's wait and see 
what happens.
  Well, we have seen what happened. I hope everybody, lamentably, saw 
the front page of The Washington Post: the deepest decline in the GDP, 
even beyond the Great Depression--think of that--because we twiddled 
our thumbs.
  On May 15, we passed an act to react robustly and effectively in 
meeting the crisis caused by this pandemic. How sad that the Senate, if 
it didn't agree with our bill, didn't send us another bill. But they 
did nothing, and now we see an economy at extraordinary risk and 
individuals and families and children and those who are hungry.
  We included food assistance in the bill that we passed in the HEROES 
Act. We included legislation to make sure that we could go back to 
school safely and the schools would have the resources to make that 
happen. We included additional medical assistance for this onslaught 
that our hospitals are confronted with. That is in the HEROES Act.
  But what do our Republican friends offer us?
  By the way, I don't know that our Republican friends offered us 
anything, Mr. McConnell, because they can't agree in the Senate. As 
Senator Graham said, they are deeply divided.
  Indeed, Mr. Speaker, they are a deeply divided and dysfunctional 
party, because they cannot come up with an alternative.
  Meanwhile, other than the defense authorization bill--that is the 
only bill they passed--the Senate did not pass a single piece of major 
legislation during that same period, 80 days.
  We have passed major legislation over and over and over again, and we 
did it in 20 days.
  So, Mr. Speaker, we are not announcing the August work period. We 
will be ready to act as soon as we can on a COVID-19 relief act. We 
believe the HEROES Act does that.
  The only thing that they propose, or come back with, is extending 
unemployment and cutting it 66 percent so that an American family 
relying on that money is going to go cold turkey under their plan.
  Now, I have said we can discuss the level, but we cannot discuss it 
so that we say, 24 hours from now, they are on their own, Mr. and Mrs. 
America.

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  So I have put everybody on notice on both sides of the aisle that I 
will call this House back into session. The Speaker will technically 
call it out, but I will recommend that the Speaker call this House back 
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very minute that we have an agreement, that we know we can pass 
something through the United States Senate. We can pass it here. We 
have passed it.
  The people need the assistance we give them. The economy needs the 
assistance. And I would think my Republican friends who see the economy 
in absolute free fall would be demanding that we get to an agreement, 
not just demanding you do this and only this.
  We are a democracy. The American people have elected us to be the 
leadership in this House. And they have elected a lot of Democrats in 
the Senate and the Republicans to be in charge of the Senate. They 
expect us to come to an agreement.
  Do you know who said that, Mr. Speaker? Newt Gingrich, Newt Gingrich 
when he made a deal with Bill Clinton on the budget. The conservatives 
in his party said: No, we are not going to make any deal. And Newt 
Gingrich's reply was: Look, we are in a democracy, and we have to heed 
the views of both sides of the aisle.
  Newt Gingrich said that, and he was savaged by his conservatives who 
simply wanted to say no.
  The American people need a yes. The American people need help. 
Families need help. People who are not able to buy food need help, and 
hospitals that are stretched, and States and local governments.
  I urge all of my Republican colleagues and Democratic colleagues to 
talk to your local mayor, your local county commissioner, your local 
city council person. They will tell you they are hemorrhaging revenues. 
Why? Because the economy has fallen so swiftly.
  They are on the front lines. They hire teachers. They hire sanitation 
workers. They hire police. They hire fire protection. They hire 
emergency medical response teams. They are on the front lines, all of 
those levels of government.
  We must come together, Mr. Speaker, and get to an agreement. If we do 
not, we will fail the American people.
  On May 15, we passed a bill, and for 80 days, the Republican 
leadership did nothing. And now, they say: Take this or nothing.
  We are going to be on the side of the people, and we are going to get 
a bill that is for the people. At that point in time, I will 
immediately give 24 hours' notice minimum so that people can get back 
here and do their duty.
  Mr. Speaker, last week, I shared with the House that my office had 
launched a website where Americans could learn about the George Floyd 
Justice in Policing Act, weigh in with their opinion on the bill, and 
list themselves as a ``citizen cosponsor'' if they support it. 
Thousands of Americans have become ``citizen cosponsors.''
  Many have also shared their own stories and called for Senate action 
on this bill.
  Sadly, Senate Republicans refuse to do anything to address the crisis 
of systemic racism and police brutality.
  More than a month has passed, and they have taken no action on the 
George Floyd Justice in Policing Act.
  That's an irresponsible abdication of its duty to address the 
challenges facing our country.
  Today, I will begin submitting the names of the more than 7,000 
``citizen cosponsors'' of the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act into 
the Congressional Record.
  There are so many, that it may take several days to do so. And as 
more add their names at justiceinpolicing.us, we will continue to 
submit them into the Record.
  Because the Senate needs to see how important this issue is to so 
many of our fellow Americans.
  They need to see how many of our people are urging them to act.
  So, Madam Speaker, include in the Record this list of ``citizen 
cosponsors.'' And I ask that the Senate stop ignoring this issue and 
listen to the voices of thousands who have taken the time to add their 
names here and share their stories.
  We must take action to make it clear that Black Lives Matter.
  In addition, I want to share the sad news that former Clerk of the 
House Donnald Anderson passed away yesterday.
  He had a distinguished career serving this institution, which he 
loved.
  It began as a teenager, when Donn served as a House page.
  When I came to the House, he was the assistant manager of the 
Democratic cloakroom.
  He then served as the Clerk for the 100th through 103rd Congresses.
  Donn was also a U.S. Army reservist. His life was filled with service 
to his country.
  I hope all of the members of this House will join me in expressing 
gratitude for his life and service and condolences to Donn's family.
  I would like to take a moment to thank the members of this House for 
their hard work and perseverance as we engaged in one of the most 
productive periods in the modern history of the House.
  The number of major bills we passed in June and July is staggering:
  George Floyd Justice in Policing Act;
  Defense authorization;
  D.C. statehood;
  Legislation to strengthen & expand the Affordable Care Act;
  A bill to protect renters & homeowners from eviction;
  No ban & access to counsel;
  Great American Outdoors Act;
  A major infrastructure package;
  Water Resources Development Act;
  A bill to remove Confederate statues and other reminders of slavery 
from the Capitol;
  Child care bills; and
  Ten appropriations bills, funding the vast majority of the government 
ahead of the fiscal year.
  These came on the heels of May's HEROES Act, major relief to the 
American people during this present crisis.
  Meanwhile, other than the Defense authorization bill that the House 
sent over, the Senate did not pass a single piece of major legislation 
during that same period.
  So, I want to thank you all for bearing with the very busy schedule 
so that we could make sure the people's house continues to govern for 
the people.

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