which clearly leader mcconnell didn't. there were very strong words from ben crump, the attorney for the families of george floyd and breonna taylor and michael brown and trayvon martin and tamir rice. so when leader mcconnell scheduled a vote he led the senate into a cul-de-sac, a dead end, a bridge to nowhere. his claim that he wanted a bipartisan bill was belied by the fact there was no democratic input into either the bill or the procedure. none. mr. mcconnell, bipartisan means what it says. you work with both parties. you don't put the bill together yourself, declare what the procedure is and then say you have a bipartisan bill and when you don't work in a bipartisan way you will inevitably fail. but all is not lost. there is a way forward. this does not mark the end of the road and all hope can stay high. because now leader mcconnell can do just what we asked him to do. put together a group of democrats and republicans, come up with a bipartisan bill. put it on the floor. allow it for amendments and a bill could pass

we can cease that moment and beat mitch mcconnell in the cost beateze that moment and mitch mcconnell in the process. >> good luck to you in the remaining days of your campaign. stay with us. two democratic candidate in the six district. that is next as we continue. stay right where you are. will be back in a bit. ♪ >> here is a look at live coverage on tuesday. of about response to the coronavirus pandemic. follow later in the day by a senate finance hearing on the drug manufacturing section process. on c-span two the senate is back to consider executive nomination, including brian special inspector general for pandemic recovery. a new position created by the cares act to oversee covid-19 relief funding. at 10:00 a.m. on c-span3, the senate to sherry committee holds a hearing on keeping prison inmates safe during the virus. in the afternoon, a subcommittee examined the efficacy of the 1998 general millennium copyright act, which outlines notice and takedown procedures for website host. -- hosts. publicpresident from affairs, available in paperback and e-book. presenting biographies

the aclu or mitch mcconnell, who do you trust, the lawyers committee for civil rights were mitch mcconnell. the reality is, the legitimacy of this process that we have pushed all the time asking for real reform has been betrayed of what mitch mcconnell is doing through this procedure that he has set up to fail this moment and that to me is unacceptable and i'm telling you this right now, chuck schumer just said it. sadly if mitch mcconnell calls the senate together for bipartisan work, we will be here again. , we will be here again. it is a cycle of death and tragedy that we have witnessed for my entire lifetime. now more frequently, on videotape because we failed to put anything in place to protect black lives unarmed americans by police. we want to get something done, we are asking to get something done but sadly this moment is being failed right now by someone who is clearly by the strategy and has no interest, no interest whatsoever in addressing the injustices that we see and policing in america. >> thank you. >> thank you, sir. >> what is the message you have about protest >> and now

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we know the leader mcconnell is voted in turn motivated. he says a bipartisan 40 groups pretty since the through committees. and with democrats and republicans and sponsors. are the senate republicans interested in passing legislation or are they only interested in saying they tried. so they can throw up their hands. in one of the things that constrain our republican friends is obedience to donald trump. yesterday donald trump issued racist statements . yesterday he said we should venerate the statute of confederate for soldiers who fought against the union fought for slavery. how can we pass a bill when they want to please donald trump. we cannot. but we are serious. not only are we serious, millions who march in the streets are serious. they will continue to emerge. we will continue to fight. my prediction is that sooner than you think, you will find it a better bill on the floor with a better procedure that is a decent chance of passing in the house. we think the pressure from the republicans will be large and enormous. thinking of march

so let me repeat my request to leader mcconnell. let us not retreat to partisan corners on such a vital issue. let us appeal to the higher incidence of this chamber and try to find a bill together. i yield to the senator from newjersey . >> adam president's senator from new jersey. >> i think the center leader for his words. the senate leader, the democratic leader talk about what's happening in our country. i have never seen something like this before in all my years e. where hundreds of thousands of americans have been out in protest and not just certain sectors, all 50 states, large cities and small towns, americans from every background, race, religion, political party have joined together following the gruesome capture of the torture and murder of a fellow american. this is a profound moment. it is a moral moment and we know this is not a partisan moment because the goodwill of all americans is evident. from national polling shows that real reform is widely supported by people of both parties to just the voices of people that a

leader mcconnell was asked about it, he did not say anything. when a 75-year-old man is pushed to the floor and he is bleeding and donald trump blames the victim and comes up with a conspiracy theory probably put out by the russians about who this man is, that is a disgrace. they cannot even speak out on that? wow. as demonstrations across the country are calling for action, house and senate democrats came together yesterday to unveil a sweeping reforms to our nation's police department with justice and policing act to address the key areas of accountability, transparency and police practices. the bill puts new restrictions on police behavior, bands choke hull, mandates body cameras and curtails a transfer of surplus military equipment to police departments. the bill would also make it easier to hold officers who break the rules and violate citizen right accountable. we need accountability to the many abuses that have been allowed to persist unchecked in our police department. and of course the covid floor bill is so important but such a high pe

the presiding officer: senator mcconnell --. the clerk: the senator from kentucky proposes an amendment numbered 26. mr. mcconnell: i ask the reading be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. mcconnell: i ask for the yeas and nays on my amendment. the presiding officer: is there a sufficient second? there appears to be. the yeas and nays are ordered. mr. mcconnell: i have a second-degree amendment at the desk. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: the senator from kentucky, mr. mcconnell, proposes an amendment numbered 1627 to amendment numbered 1626. mr. mcconnell: i ask the reading be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. mcconnell: i have an amendment to the text of the underlying bill. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: the senator from kentucky, mr. mcconnell, proposes an amendment numbered 1628 to the language proposed to be stricken by amendment numbered 1617. mr. mcconnell: i ask the reading be dispensed with. the presiding officer: w

this is the opposite of what mitch mcconnell is. he is constantly pushing for dysfunction when somebody in the other party is in power. that is why he is so bad for our country because it is all about obstruction and partisanship for him. it is not that way for me. i will work with anybody to do what is right for kentucky. and i will have the guts to stand up to anybody when it is right for kentucky. that is also the difference between myself and senator mcconnell. renee: several questions about abortion. where do you stand on a woman's right to choose? rep. booker: i stand firmly for a woman's right to choose. when you understand the challenges kentuckians face, you don't run as a pro trump democrat. you do not play these political games. you are not going to convince folks who voted for president trump to vote for you. while --ell bs from a from a mile away. i have stood up for the rights of women because i know what it love to haveeone i her voiced silenced -- voice silenced. i would always stand up on the house floor to stand up

but mitch mcconnell you said is the biggest swap dweller there is and you contend that mitch mcconnell has blocked some of trump's agenda and has been able to keep some of the key campaign promises and block that from becoming a reality . are you saying that if you're elected to the u.s. senate that you would support the trump agenda ? >> what i'm saying is i would support kentucky and for so many kentuckians like angie and her husband who are trying to figure out how to make ends meet because prescription drug prices are too high and when trump came here to kentucky prescription drugs is something he wants to work on and guess why that hasn't happened i? i'll tell you why, because mitch mcconnell is bought off by big pharma. >> what another issue that you agreewith ? >> president trump has said we need to fix our infrastructure, we do. here's the thing. mitch mcconnell has said infrastructure is a nonstarter in the senate but the other thing i would like to mention is that not only will i work with any president because i think this is the problem in america right now, one of the majo

this is the opposite of what mitch mcconnell is. he has somebody who is constantly pushing for to some function when somebody of the other party is in power, that is why he is so bad, that is why he is so bad for kentucky, and our country because it is about -- obstruction and partisanship. it is not that way for me, that is why i say i will work with everybody -- anybody to do what is right for kentucky and i will have the guts to stand up any what -- to anyone when it is right for kentucky. >> there have been several questions from abortion so i will ask one from sherry branson. i will start with you mr. booker. charles: i stand firmly for a woman's right to choose. i want to make a point. you understand the challenges that kentuckians face, you do not run as a pro trump democrat and do not play political games or convince folks to get -- to vote for you because you are not as bad as mitch mcconnell. we can smell bs from a mile away, and i stood up for the rights of women because i know what it means to see someone that i care abo

but for two weeks leader mcconnell has refused to respond to my request for the senate to consider a police reform bill before july 4th , the end of the current work. i heard republican leaders speak of frustrations that swept the nation i trust he is aware of the many abuses that have been allowed to persist unchecked in our police departments where is leader mckim on - - mcconnell and actually doing something about it? of course there's another crisis of the covid pandemic and according to reports in the press leader mcconnell has told republican caucus not to expect another relief bill tell late july at the earliest this is happening even as some states begin to loosen restrictions on business and travel but even as that happens the economy is hampered by severe depression level unemployment and falling on the east coast and the number of cases remain steady and much of the country and increasing and a good number of states and were coming to where states are preparing their budgets in advance of the new fiscal year in july. they don't get help soon sryomoy may be forced to make s

leader mcconnell will produce real meaningful policing reform. in the senate, where 60 votes are required to achieve almost anything about a bipartisan process is the only way to move forward. my friends, this could be a moment for the senate to rise to erthe occasion. there's certainly something happening out there in america. as of thousands of protesters of every face in color and age have taken to the streets to demand change. if americans out of the country can together during an righteous course, calling for change. we the senate can at least try to come to deliberate. but it's going to take more than games in the senate the leader mcconnell seems to be now playing. we're going to have toov rise above the take it or leave it legislature. and then a strapless in the status quo on so many issues. were able to reach a three telling emergency package before bringing it to the floor senate. it went on and on budget. in criminal justice reform hard on the great a american act. the bipartisan put together an immigration bill that passed the senate

the democratic leader kept attacking senator mcconnell, the mcconnell legislation. this is a tim scott bill crafted with input from others, other senators, with input from communities of color across this country, with input from the law enforcement community, people who care deeply about not just talking about this issue but actually solving this issue. who care about action, madam president. and so the democrat objection and vote to block this legislation from moving forward will prevent an open debate in front of the entire american public about an issue that has generated a tremendous amount of controversy not only currently but throughout our nation's history. madam president, we cannot change our past. there are parts of it that we're not proud of. we can't change our past, but we can change our future. and that could start today with this vote to get on this bill. and then to have an open process, which the leader has promised that if we can get on this bill, we'll have an amendment process. if there are things in the bill that people think can be improved on

so we are pleading with leader mcconnell. instead of pressing forward with this partisan bill that's designed to make sure no bill passes, leader mcconnell, pursue a path that's designed to produce real meaningful policing reform. in the senate where 60 votes are required to achieve almost anything, a bipartisan process is the only way to move forward. my friends, this could be a moment for the senate to rise to the occasion. there's certainly something happening out there in america. hundreds of thousands of protesters of every faith and color and age have taken to the streets to demand change. if americans out in the country can together join in a righteous chorus calling for change, we in the senate can at least try to come to deliver it. but it's going to take more than typical games here in the senate that leader mcconnell seems to be now playing. we are going to have to rise above the take it or leave it legislating that has trapped us in the status quo on so many issues. we were able to renegotiate a $3 trillion emerge

where is leader mcconnell on actually doing something about it? and, of course, there's another crisis of the moment, the covid pandemic. according to reports in the press, leader mcconnell has told the republican caucus not to expect another relief bill until late july at the earliest. this is happening even as some states begin loosening restrictions on business and travel but even as that happens, our economy is hampered by severe depression-level unemployment. while the number of new cases is falling on the east coast, the number of cases remains steady in much of the country and is increasing in a good number of states. and we're coming to a whole lot of cliffs. states are preparing their budgets in advance of the new fiscal year in july. if they don't get help soon, they may be forced to make severe cuts to public service, and thousands, hundreds of thousands, even millions would be laid off of hardworking state and local officials who our communities depend on. and there are other cliffs as well. the moratorium, the three-month moratorium o

leader mcconnell originally said that another emergency relief bill was likely during june. now he's saying late july. a few days ago, the republican leader said that, quote, if there is something that's going to happen, it will emerge in the senate, it will be written beginning in my office. once again, leader mcconnell seems to prefer partisan pronouncements to bipartisan legislating. that's the same failed approach that delayed the cares act two months ago and failed yesterday on policing reform. it will only delay another emergency relief bill, and such delays will be measured in hospital beds, deserted storefronts, pink slips. and one other point. the lack of oversight. g.a.o. this morning announced that $1.4 billion of relief checks were sent to people who were dead. where's the oversight? this is a $3 trillion package. and every small bit of oversight that the republicans have done have had to be pushed by democrats. we should be having far more pro bus oversight over what has happened as well as moving forward on a new bill. democrats are not going to wait until july

mcconnell: now, mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that when the senate completes its business today, it adjourn until 3:00 p.m., monday, june 8. following the prayer and pledge, the morning hour be deemed expired, the journal of proceedings be approved to date, the time for the two leaders be reserved for their use later in the day, and that morning business be closed. further, following leader remarks, the senate resume consideration of the motion to proceed to calendar number 75, h.r. 1957, finally, notwithstanding rule 22, the cloture vote on the motion to proceed to h.r. 1957 occur at 5:30 p.m. the presiding officer:, would. mr. mcconnell: i suggest the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: without objection. the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: mr. mcconnell: mr. president? the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. mcconnell: i ask unanimous consent -- i ask consent further proceedings under the quorum call be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. mccon

but instead of allowing that kind of bipartisan, leader mcconnell is plowing ahead with the partisan business as usual on a bill that falls very short of what the senate to accomplis accomplish. i see my friend, senator scott ther distinguished senator from south carolina on the floor, i want to make it clear that i have great respect for senator scott, he is an important member of the senate finance committee on which both of us serve, i appreciate every opportunity to work with him. and in fact, i think a fair number of people around the country like the work we've just done in the last few weeks on nonprofit organizations. we will be working together, i know in days ahead. unfortunately the majority leader is given short to this debate on endingy systemic racism by putting forward some inadequate bill and essentially the other side to oppose it. way you bring together both sides to address the important national challenges. let me take just a few minutes to talk about some of the specific shortcomings of the legislation that senator mcconnell wants to bring to the floor. for examp

but leader mcconnell and the republican majority can't seem to find the time on issues like covid-19, racial justice, the economy, voting, the republican majority is sadly missing in action. instead, leader mcconnell is pushing two right-wing judges onto the nation's circuit courts, mister walker is a man of limited judicial experience who has made it clear he personally opposes our healthcare law. he called the roberts decision to uphold the affordable care act in defense of full, catastrophic. mister wilson by the same token is calling on healthcare law illegitimate and perverse. that is right, folks, you need healthcare, you are suffering because of covid-19, a republican friends are nominating judges who think the law is illegitimate and perverse. in the middle of a public health crisis the republican majority straining to confirm right-wing judges who oppose our healthcare laws, adding insult to injury, mister wilson has been one of the leaders in opposing and undoing voting rights at a time when people protest racial equality, the republican majority has the temerity to put on t

leader mcconnell, commit to put a law enforcement reform bill on the t floor of the senae before july 4. now, i've made this request for several days without an answer from the republican leader. even more disappointing, the republican leader blocked a simple resolution i offeredni lt night that reaffirmed americans constitutional rights to peaceful protests, and in the violence and looting that is occurred into the places and condemn the president as well for having gas and rubber bullets use on a peaceful protest in lafayette park, one that had family and children's protesting in the grand american tradition of peaceful protests. there was no partisan rhetoric in this resolution. it was three simple concepts, a recitation of the facts. but because of the republicanse so afraid, shivering at the thought of criticizing the president, even when they know his actions are way out of line, leader mcconnell king and block this resolution. shame shame shame. we all know there are very few checks on the president, especially a president who believes that he can, do anythig he wants, and he s

mitch mcconnell and senate republicans must be serious, too. this is the moment, this is the moment for us to be serious together and address this in a big, profound, systemic way. eric, michael, freddie, breonna, george, rayshard, and all of those that are no longer with us , as well as all of those marching, marching, marching and speaking up, deserve nothing less than our best at this moment. they deserve a serious bipartisan effort. that's what i support. that's what my democratic colleagues support. we know it takes sitting down and listening to each other. it takes working out differences, but that's the only way change happens, and we are willing to put in whatever time and effort it takes to make that happen, and that's what we're going to continue to fight for. thank you, mr. president. i yield therus and testing. the border wall and the economy.

this is bigger than mitch mcconnell. this is about us transforming our future meaning we need to uproot racism and generational poverty and we'll beat mitch mcconnell to do it. >> when you say this election is about us, does that mean you believe you will be able to turn voters who voted for mitch mcconnell in the past or you're registering a whole new crop of voters we've never seen show up before? >> actually both. one of the bills i've lead was the restoration of voting rights. kentucky has been one of the most disenfranchised. working with governor beshear he was able to build off my legislation that allows over 150,000 kentuckians to -- we're activating them but we're also reaching out to folks who have been ignored for a long time and people that have supported donald trump have said we're going to support you, charles, because you're calling out the system is broken, just like he did, but you're not selling snake oil. you're fighting for us and we're going to stand with you. so i'm proud of this. this is not about

that is leader mcconnell. for twoim weeks, i have asked hm to commit to debate and about. on a police reform bill by july 4th. an open debate. and certainly an ability to vote on the justice and policing act. still not received an answer. is it too much to ask that is hundreds of thousands if not millions are the streets when the vast majority of americans think we need reform. test the leader spend some more time here. so we can debate this issue and maybe move forward for the first time in a long time. i don't think so. but our leader is silent. missing in action. as he is on so many different majoraf issues that face americ. after house and senate democrats released the draft legislation on monday, yesterday, senate republicans announced they would put together a working group to prepare their own set of proposals working groups are all fine and well. but it is critical that we pursue comprehensive reforms. not seek the lowest common denominator. and it is critical that we get a real commitments to consider strong legislation on the floor. unfortunately, in the aftermat

leader mcconnell, let's have the debate. not just on tv and twitter, but on the floor of the united states senate. legislation, debate, a divided nation cannot wait for healing and for solutions. the republican majority must not continue to squander the senate's time on right wing judges and conspiracy hearings. history will judge whether this chamber responds to the nation's pain with action, or lets an old and terrible wound in our society continue to fester because the poison of racism affects more than orcriminal justice system. it runs much deeper than that. there are racial disparities in housing and health care, education and the economy and income and wealth, and covid has only placed a magnifying glass on all of these forms of inequality. there are now 118,000 confirmed deaths from covid in the united states. black americans have died a disproportionate rate. as hospitals and health care workers have scrambled to secure enough supplies and create space, those institutions that serve communities of color have been th

she's giving mcconnell a run for his money. i believe she will give mcconnell a run for his money. >> he wouldn't be someone i go to for a medical checkup for medical advice. thank you, everybody.

i believe she'll win the primary and give mcconnell a run for his money. okay, yes? >> the vice president in a "wall street journal" on said declared there suspect a coronavirus second wave and panic of a second wave is -- >> dr. pence is not someone i would go to for medical advice. thank you, everybody. ♪ >>> c-span has unfiltered coverage of congress, the white house, the supreme court, and public policy events. you can watch all of c-span's public affairs programming on television, online, or listen on our free radio app. and be part of the national conversation through c-span's daily washington journal program. or through our social media feeds. c-span, created by america's cable television companies as a public service and brought to you today by your television provider. >> tonight on "american history tv," beginning at 8:00 eastern, a look at the life of dolley madison. c-span in cooperation with the white house historical association, produced the series on the first ladies, examining their private lives and the public roles they played. first ladies, infl

it's been languishing in mcconnell's legislative graveyard. and i would say to my republican colleagues, if some of the most conservative people around like judge gore sich, -- justice gorsich, justice roberts can come to the conclusion we should stop discriminating, where are you? the senate republicans always seem 30 years behind the times. on this issue for sure. i urge the leader, put the equality act on the floor now and let's extend what the supreme court did in terms of employment to so many needed other areas. wake up, my republican friends. the times, they are a changing and discrimination against lgbtq americans should be over once and for all and should be the law of the land in every aspect of our lives. now, another issue where the republican caucus seems to be behind. since the killing of george floyd sparked nationwide protests, we've been pushing our colleagues in the senate to respond to our national pain with collective action. this is a moment in american history, the great mass of our people are demanding change in the stre

and of course, while democrats are glad that leader mcconnell felt the pressure and heeded our call to put policing reform on the floor next week, it won't be before the republican leader asks us to confirm two more hard right wing judges to the federal bench. today the senate will vote on justin walker, a 38-year-old with less than a year's worth of experience as a district court judge, to sit on the highest court in the country for the rest of his life, the temerity of doing that, he's just on the court for a few months, but he's friends with leader mcconnell so he gets rushed to the very high court, without the necessary experience and maturity of judgment. the republican senate approved his nomination to the district court on october 24, last year, after the aba rated him not qualified. now eight months later, leader mcconnell wants to give justin walker, a former intern of his, a promotion to the d.c. circuit. even in his extremely limited time as a jurist, walker made news by calling the supreme court's decision to uphold our healthcare law catastrophic and indefensible decision.

let me repeat leader mcconnell and senate republicans we must accomplish two things before juh , police reform and covet release. we can and must do both. do not stand in the way of a nation yearning for solutions not empty rhetoric or name-calling or partisanship. before i yield the floor want to mention one other issue. last week president trump was responsiblelaf the for ordering federal officers to force peaceful past protesters across the street from the white house of lafayette square against first amendment rights it was deeply offensive and wrong even more was the purpose to clear a path for the president to stage a political stunt at st. john's church. today lafayette square, a place that has long been a venue where americans gather for their constitutional rights is blocked off by heavy fencing in the heart of the nation's capital lafayette square should be a symbol of ngtodom

mitch mcconnell is a powerful senate. what makes you think mr. booker or any of the democrats running the primary realistically has against mitch mccom? is he vulnerable? >> first of all, i want to shout out to brother booker. we're proud of what you've done and shooting to you. i think that charles booker has a chance based upon a primary if, in fact, this is a changed election. this my experience tell me presidential years give us more of a probability that off years which is the last time an unpopular mitch mcconnell ran against a popular democratic nominee. i'm looking at jefferson county, louisville, where the bulk of the black states in the state of kentucky live.

they have left them stillborn on mitch mcconnell's desk wastebasket. so that this will not be the first bill. it would be one of a series of hundreds of bills that mitch mcconnell has denied the united states said the right to express its opinion on. that is in and of itself undemocratic. while they are spent all their time dealing with confirmation of judges and confirmation of administrative positions, it totally political ideological pattern which is unfortunate. and i hope members in the republican party and the united states senate demand that there be a vote on this bill. .. >> what if the process if it does pass the house and senate at some point? >> it will go to the president f for signature. he's been dismissive of district of columbia for some reasons. i would hope that he would sign the bill. if he doesn't sign that bill, we would expand the majority in the house in the upcoming election and take back the senate and be a majority of democrats in the united states senate and we will have a democratic president. so, if the republicans refuse

leader mcconnell decided to go about this the wrong way, the partisan way. let's start over. i have no doubt we can arrive at legislation to bring comprehensive lasting change the protesters, civil rights organization and the families of george floyd, breonna taylor demand. the pandemic continues to spread across the united states. yesterday afternoon, "the new york times" reported that new cases of covid-19 are now at the highest levels of the united states since the month of april. 35,000 new cases were identified on tuesday of own. florida is not far behind. the rising cases, scientists warned are not explained by the current rate of testing in this country. one of the reasons the nation has struggled to continue the virus is president of trump's complete mismanagement of the governments response. in the early days of the virus, the lack of attention led to a shortage of ventilators and painfully damagingly slow ramp-up of testing. four months into the virus as the case numbers continue to grow in so many places, the president's lack of attention to a failure to overcome t

i think the senate can as long as mitch mcconnell sees the light. yes? relate what you're going to do next today are you going to reach out to majority leader mcconnell? >> we are certainly going to try to talk -- many of us will talk with her publican colleagues on the path forward. thank you everybody. [background noises] >> at the same time of minority leadership mers news conference south carolina tim scott came to the floor to discuss his police reform legislation in his frustration that senate democrats blocked debate from getting started. he was joined by fellow senators david perdue, tim kaine, and ben sasse. >> i said in strong support and solidarity with my colleague and good friend of south carolina, tim scott. mfive years ago. [inaudible] there's a one hour bible study. after going through one hour study, or the read the bible to him he pulled out a gun and shot nine people that bible study. mr. president, you and i not long after that attended one of the funerals in charleston south carolina. tim was there. any other city in america would no

mcconnell: now, mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that when the senate completes its business today, it adjourn until 10:00 a.m., wednesday, june 24, further, following the prayer and pledge, morning hour be expired, the journal of proceedings be approved to date, and the time for the two leaders be reserved for their use later in the day, and morning business be closed. further, following leader remarks, the senate proceed to executive session to resume consideration of the wilson nomination and that the time until 11:30 a.m. be equally divided between the two leaders or their designees. further, notwithstanding rule 22, i ask unanimous consent that the postcloture time on the wilson nomination expire at 11:30 a.m. tomorrow. finally, if confirmed, i ask that with respect to the wilson nomination, the motions to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table and the president be immediately notified of the senate's action. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. mcconnell: so if there's

mcconnell that. that's poppycock. the republicans, i have a small business, none of my clients paid me for 3 1/2 months. the republicans and the trump administration have done an absolutely unbelievable job of pushing money out into the economy. i listen to c-span a lot. they had a report out that said that, in fact, it was on one of the financial shows that said that wall street was going up right now because one of the key statistics they looked at was people being late on their rent, that was only 2% over prior quarter, and that's because so much more money has been pushed out. the unemployment part really isn't against people getting unemployment. the federal part that was kicked in was in large degree because the states couldn't get -- there's gov. newsom: we have to own up to some very difficult things. the black community is not responsible for what is happening in this country right now. we are. we are. our institutions are responsible. we are accountable to this moment. let's just call that

i spoke to mitch mcconnell he said you can have 20 amendments. i told him that we went to a press conference and we said it's an open process. they did not want an open process. they want one thing and i'm going to get to that. so i asked my friends what is it you don't like about where we are going? and they said the data collection area. this is the problem the data collection area is the problem. ok so tell me the problem. the problem is we are not collecting data protected wait a second i swear when i wrote the legislation we were collecting data. i flipped to the pages and realized we are collecting data for serious bodily injury and death. they said we want to collect data on all uses of force. i said put it in an amendment and i will support it. that was just one bone of contention. i said, tell me another one. they set our bone of contention is that we need you to ban no knock warrants because of the breonna taylor situation. i said your bill does not ban no knock warrants for the brown a -- the breonna taylor situation. advance it for fe

mitch mcconnell is the barrier to progress. we need to get rid of him so we can transform my future. standing up for humanity for all people is letting the world know that we're ready for a change. we needed it yesterday and we're building the movement to win. >> do you think kentuckyians want to get rid of him? he seems to be one of the safest seats. >> no one in kidnap likes the guy. that's a given. it's not a partisan statement. there's a reality. kentucky has been one of the most disenfranchised states of the country, some people have given up. they're too busy trying to survive. we're saying it doesn't matter how much money you have if you don't have a vision. we can't run as a pro trump democrat, we have to inspire people to believe things can be different so they know their voice matters now. that's what we're building now. you're seeing folks across kentucky chks i was in corbin, from an lasha to the purchase that have never gotten involved in politics now because they believe now. we inspired them. we'll stand with the

i am repeating my call to leader mcconnell. leader mcconnell, commit to putting law enforcement reform legislation on the floor before july 4. a divided nation cannot wait for healing, for solutions. at the same time our nation needs calm and steady leadership, a sure hand and a big heart, qualities that president trump has never displayed in office. i repeat my request to president trump. president trump, watch joe biden's speech that he gave this morning. that's what leadership is. not what you're doing. we are living through a tale of two crisis, covid and protests and trump was been a failure at handling both of them. last night the scene in washington, d.c., might have provided the enduring portrait of the trump presidency. while peaceful, law-abiding citizens were exercising their constitutional right to protest in a public park across from the white house, president trump ordered federal troops to clear those peaceful crowds with tear gas and rubber bullets so he could trudge a few blocks from the white house to stand in

finally today, leaderl mcconnell will move forward with the nomination of mr. cory to serve as a lifetime as the fifth circuit court of appeals. mr. wilson is an opponent of the wilson is a record i like the record of support policies that impress voting rights in the state legislature and the mississippi secretary of state's office he pushed the stricter voter id laws pretty criticizing facts pretty and voter fraud. in 2011 he said that concern about voter suppression in mississippi were poppycock. a nationaldle of conversation about police reform and systematic racial justice. leader mcconnell talked about it on the floor and at the same time he has a such a narrative o push a judge with demonstrated possibility for the voting rights. men who criticized the greatest advance insl civil rights legislation in the past century. first circuit court on the seat. people of color make 55 percent of the population. the nomination itself falling in general, and at this particular moment the several democrats myself included, have taken the unusual step of writing leade

leader mcconnell should halt any further work on mr. wilson and should instead work with the administration and civil rights groups to find a nominee who will actually protect voting rights in the fifth circuit. i yield the floor and note the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: quorum call: mr. cotton: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from arkansas. mr. cotton: i ask unanimous consent to end the quorum call. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. cotton: i hope i am over wary, but if i am not, there is even now something of ill omen amongst us. i mean the increasing disregard for law which pervades the country, the growing disposition to substitute the wild and furious passions in lieu of the sober judgment of courts and the savage mobs for the executive masters of justice. this disposition is awfully fearful in any community and that it cannabises now in ours -- that it exists now in ours, it would be a violation of truth and an insult to our intelligence to den

mcconnell: mr. president. the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. mcconnell: reserving the right to object. first and foremost, i'm a first-amendment absolutist. the right to peaceful protest is absolutely sacrosanct. it is a core american liberty. and when peaceful demonstrations occur within the bounds of the law and with the respect for the need for law enforcement, we have a need to respect and honor them. our nation must not turn a deaf ear to the anger, pain, or frustration to black americans. our nation needs to hear them. there's no question that the killing of george floyd was horrific. in my view it absolutely appears to have been a henus act of criminal violence. it is unacceptable that mr. floyd is dead. there is no doubt that divisional racism continues to be a stain on our country. we need to do more to address it. over the last few days we've seen peaceful protests hijacked on a nightly basis into a rolling series of riots that engulfed great american cities in wanton destruction and violent crime. these are the two issues the america

leader mcconnell however, will decide whether or not the senate would take any of that action. at the moment, is reserved the floor of the senate for the confirmation of several right-wing judges. many of them will become part of the very problem we are now discussing. a justice system does not work for everyone. these are judges who will pre- so selected specifically because of their voting rights and civil rights and fairness. time and time again, the republican majority has confirmed judicial nominees like loyalty to an ideology wille doctrine that was exasperate the very equality that been laid there in recent weeks and months mcconnell is doing that this week once again. but this delicate time, the senate should lean on these issues rather than aggravate the problem. mcconnell should commit to put a law enforcement reform bill on the floor of the senate before july 4th. there shouldn't be hearings on present from swelled conspiracies about the 2016 election or amongst the right wing and i civil rights judicial nominees. as the covid-19 continues to rage, and americans are

who do you trust on police reform in america, the aclu or mitch mcconnell? who do you trust, the lawyer's committee for civil rights or mitch mcconnell? the reality is, the legitimacy of this process that we have been pushing all the time, asking for real reform, has been betrayed by what mitch mcconnell is doing through these procedures that he's set up to fail this moment, and that to me is unacceptable. >> our next guest, senator cory booker, is the co-author with senator kamala harris of the senate democrat's police reform legislation. the current legislation is unacceptable and they want to work with republicans to try to develop bipartisan legislation. the traditional process for that would be having the senate judiciary committee, which has jurisdiction over law enforcement, work together to produce a bipartisan bill. senator harris had this exchange today on the senate floor with a republican member of the senate judiciary committee, john cornyn of texas. >> we have asked that there would be a meaningful discussion of the justice and policing act in