Tim Scott

The speaker says she will not apologize.

Scott noted multiple occasions where he also faced bouts of racism.

"Under oath, he would have had an opportunity to answer questions and not just make assertions."

The Republican-led Senate will turn to the bill next week.

Scott acknowledged that implementing decertification standards could be an uphill battle due to opposition by police unions, but he said the proposal is nevertheless up for discussion.

"Ask my Dem colleagues what their staffs look like...I guarantee you won’t like the answer."

"We have to be willing to have a raw conversation about justice in this nation.”

Many Republicans now insist Trump's tone and rhetoric may send the wrong message,

"If they don’t go forward, I won’t go forward.”

Some Republican senators are bucking the coronavirus bill

"Bernie Sanders is doing something in 2020 that he could not do in 2016."