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Vol. 167 WASHINGTON, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 21, 2021 No. 69 Senate The Senate met at 10:30 a.m. and was U.S. SENATE, LEGISLATIVE SESSION called to order by the Honorable BEN PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE, The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- Washington, DC, April 21, 2021. RAY LUJA´ N, a Senator from the State pore. The Senate will now resume leg- of New Mexico. To the Senate: Under the provisions of rule I, paragraph 3, islative session. of the Standing Rules of the Senate, I hereby f f appoint the Honorable BEN RAY LUJA´ N, a Senator from the State of New Mexico, to TRIAL OF PRAYER perform the duties of the Chair. Mr. SCHUMER. Mr. President, yes- The Chaplain, Dr. Barry C. Black, of- PATRICK J. LEAHY, terday, a jury of former police officer fered the following prayer: President pro tempore. Derek Chauvin’s peers determined that Let us pray. Mr. LUJA´ N thereupon assumed the he was guilty of murdering George Eternal God, we thank You for Your Chair as Acting President pro tempore. Floyd, confirming what was plain to the millions of Americans who watched great blessings. Lord, we are grateful f that though the arc of the moral uni- his on video—91⁄2 excruciating verse is long, it bends toward justice. RECOGNITION OF THE MAJORITY minutes that documented the senseless Continue to use our lawmakers to LEADER and unnecessary loss of one man’s life in broad daylight. permit justice to roll down like waters The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- and righteousness like a mighty Our country was forever changed by pore. The Democratic leader is recog- the horrendous video of Derek Chauvin stream. nized. May our Senators trust Your pre- killing Mr. Floyd. His searing final vailing providence as they realize that f words, screaming for air, calling for his behind the dim unknown, You stand mother, are etched in our memory. EXECUTIVE SESSION This guilty verdict serves as an official within the shadows, keeping watch proclamation of what so many of us above Your own. have known for nearly a year: George Lord, be with all the families af- EXECUTIVE CALENDAR Floyd was murdered by an officer who fected by the Derek Chauvin trial. Be was sworn to protect and to serve but also with the many brave men and Mr. SCHUMER. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate who, obviously, didn’t. women who faithfully serve You in law The brutality of ’s mur- proceed to executive session to con- enforcement. der, yet another in a seemingly endless sider the following nomination: Cal- We pray in Your merciful Name. string of tragedies, sparked a summer Amen. endar No. 60; that the nomination be of unlike any we have seen in confirmed; that the motion to recon- American history, elevating a long- f sider be considered made and laid upon building movement for more justice in the table with no intervening or de- policing. Americans of every age, color, PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE bate; that no further motions be in and creed took to the streets in peace- The Presiding Officer led the Pledge order to the nomination; that the ful protest—from to Maine of Allegiance, as follows: President be immediately notified of and Los Angeles to Atlanta, and in- I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the the Senate’s action; and that the Sen- cluding in my own home city of New United States of America, and to the Repub- ate resume legislative section. York. A community of global citizens lic for which it stands, one nation under God, The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- would soon join them in protest. In for- indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. pore. Is there objection? eign capitals—from Rome, Paris, and Without objection, it is so ordered. London to Amsterdam, Berlin, and f The nomination considered and con- Mexico City—the name George Floyd firmed is as follows: would echo through the public square. APPOINTMENT OF ACTING IN THE NAVY This was not only a fight for justice PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE The following named officer for appoint- but a fight against the mistreatment, The PRESIDING OFFICER. The ment in the United States Navy to the grade discrimination, and outright bigotry clerk will please read a communication indicated while assigned to a position of im- that Black men and women suffer at to the Senate from the President pro portance and responsibility under title 10, the hands of State power, not just here tempore (Mr. LEAHY). U.S.C., section 601: in America but around the globe. The senior assistant legislative clerk To be admiral The death of George Floyd provoked read the following letter: Adm. John C. Aquilino such a reaction because folks in those

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