Sen. Tim Scott (S.C.) said on Thursday that he will introduce Republicans’ police reform bill by the middle of next week.
Scott was appointed …
Sen. Tim Scott (S. C.) said on Thursday that he will introduce Republicans’ police reform bill by the middle of next week.
Scott was appointed by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) to lead a working group of GOP senators tasked with proposing reform legislation in the wake of George Floyd’s death in the custody of Minneapolis police.
Scott said that he expects to get finalized text of the legislation on Thursday night or Friday.
“We’ve had a couple of additions to some of the things that we’re going to add to the bill, so we’ll have a text back on the current draft tonight, latest tomorrow, with all the corrections in it,” he said.
“After meeting with members of Congress and more senators, I think we’ll probably add two to three more items to the list and then hopefully by Monday, I can get all that drafted up and in the package, which gives me a chance by Tuesday to drop it or by Wednesday at the latest,” he added.
