[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 40 (Wednesday, March 3, 2021)]
[House]
[Page H1020]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




         CONSTRUCTIVELY CHANGING THE CULTURE OF LAW ENFORCEMENT

  (Mr. SCHNEIDER asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. SCHNEIDER. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in support of the George 
Floyd Justice in Policing Act, to help constructively change the 
culture of law enforcement and strengthen the trust between police and 
the communities they serve.
  Last summer, communities across the Nation convulsed with raw emotion 
after George Floyd was brutally murdered by a police officer.
  His death may have been the spark, but the true force motivating 
these protests was the systemic racism that harms Black Americans every 
day.
  Last June, one month after his death, this House passed the George 
Floyd Justice in Policing Act, only to see it stall in the Senate.
  We will vote again on the bill this week.
  George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, these people and 
countless others should still be alive today.
  We can't bring them and the others back, but we can honor their 
memory and, in so doing, strengthen our communities and our Nation. I 
urge my colleagues to vote ``yes'' on this bill.

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