John —

Today is the one-year anniversary of George Floyd’s murder.

In the past year, we’ve seen a seismic shift in activism. Millions of people have marched in favor of police reform and spoken out against the systemic racism and discrimination Black Americans face every single day.

Last year, I sat down to reflect on what his death should mean, and what it must mean if we were to make real change:

Throughout the course of our history, we have fought the virus of racism through a bloody Civil War, a civil rights movement, generations of peaceful protest and progressive legislation. We have made progress, but only haltingly and at great cost.

For racism is always with us. Sometimes out in the open, sometimes not. But always present, always changing and mutating, occasionally seeming to lay dormant only to recur with a frightful intensity.

That remains true today. Even after our year of reckoning. And in the Halls of Congress, Democrats have lifted up the voices of those crying out. We’ve listened. We’ve stood up. We’ve marched alongside activists. And we’ve passed legislation to begin the work of righting wrongs.

But Republicans have stood in the way at every turn. Villainizing peaceful protest. Preventing justice. Laughing off accountability. And blowing racist dog whistles as loud as bullhorns to rally their base.

Twice in nine months , House Democrats — led by the Congressional Black Caucus — have passed the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act . It’s the most ambitious overhaul of policing in our nation’s history, including a wide-ranging set of reforms to create real, structural change in the system.

The bill would:

End qualified immunity, removing the shield of legal protection that allows bad cops who commit wrongdoing to go unpunished.
Ban no-knock warrants like the one that resulted in Breonna Taylor’s death, and choke-holds that have taken too many lives.
Create a national registry to track police misconduct and abuse.

Every day that Senate Republicans stall this bill is another day without accountability, and another day that a family member could be lost at the hands of police brutality and injustice.

I’ve joined more than 200 of my colleagues in cosponsoring and passing the Justice in Policing Act through the House. Now, the Senate must act:

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Passing this legislation will not solve everything. It will not bring back lost loved ones. It will not relinquish fear and pain. But it will set us on a path towards justice and accountability that’s long overdue.

Let's act.

— Adam

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