as i said the other day, i know
my friend from south carolina is
trying to do the right thing.
but the problem we have and the
problem so many civil rights
have is with the substance of
the bill and with the way the
republican leader, leader
mcconnell, who controls the
floor, set up the process the
republican majority drafted a
bill on its own and instead of
putting it through committee
where members of both parties
could analyze and amend it,
dropped it on the floor and
dared democrats to block it.
let me be very clear.
the debate on policing reform is
only over for those who want it
to be over.
and maybe those who never truly
wanted this debate in the first
place.
because the truth is, by the end
of the day today, the house will
pass the most serious policing
reform bill in decades, and here
in the senate, senate democrats
have been clear.
we want to sit down with our
colleagues and try to negotiate
a bipartisan product that can go
