WASHINGTON (June 7)— Thousands of people gathered outside Washington, D.C., monuments and the White House on Saturday protesting the killing of George Floyd, years of unanswered calls for police reform and President Donald Trump's use of military personnel in response to largely peaceful demonstrations.
Pack’s film company, Manifold Productions, Inc., received millions in grants from his non-profit, Menendez said. Yet he repeatedly told the IRS that there was no relationship between the two when in fact he ran both of them. Menendez said that Pack has yet to correct misinformation provided to the IRS and to the committee regarding the status of his tax returns. source
June 5 - A Senate impasse over a widely backed bill to designate lynching as a federal hate crime boiled over on Thursday in an emotional debate cast against a backdrop of widespread protests over police treatment of African Americans.
Senator @RandPaul on Anti-Lynching Legislation and his amendment to it: "This bill would cheapen the meaning of lynching by defining it so broadly as to include a minor bruise or abrasion."
'Donald Trump is the first president in my lifetime who does not try to unite the American people - does not even pretend to try. Instead, he tries to divide us,' Mattis said."...
"His statement about Trump seeking to divide the nation immediately follows.
'We are witnessing the consequences of three years of this deliberate effort. We are witnessing the consequences of three years without mature leadership. We can unite without him, drawing on the strengths inherent in our civil society,' he continues.
Passed Senate (05/14/2020)Uyghur Human Rights Policy Act of 2020 This bill imposes sanctions on foreign individuals and entities responsible for human rights abuses in China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous region and requires various reports on the topic.
Speaker Nancy Pelosi House Floor Speech in Support of the Uyghur Human Rights Policy Act May 27, 2020
June 2, 2020 Speaker Pelosi Holds Bill Enrollment Ceremony House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) held a bill enrollment ceremony for the Uyghur Human Rights Policy Act of 2020, which condemns the Chinese government for the human rights abuses suffered by Uyghurs, ethnic Kazakhs and other Muslim minorities in the region. The speaker was joined by Rep. Christopher Smith (R-NJ), who is the top Republican on the Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health & Human Rights.
