ADDING MORE SIGNAGE IN THE AREA PROTECTING RESIDENTS AN INCREASING POLICE PATROL.
OUR LAST CHECK THE GUNMAN.
IN STREETS ACROSS THE COUNTRY WE SEE THE OUTRAGE AND DEMAND FOR CHANGE ALL THE AFTERMATH OF
GEORGE
FLOYD’S DEATH.
>> STEPHANIE SERNA: THESE CALLS
FOR ACTION ARE BEING LISTENED
TO AND THEY’RE PROMPTING REFORM
IN TODAY’S LEADING SA. WE’RE
JOINED BY CONGRESSMAN WILL HURD
GOOD MORNING. THANK YOU FOR
JOINING US.
>> I WAS A PLEASURE TO BE ON
THE JOB. GOOD MORNING,
CONGRESSMAN I WAS GOING TO JUMP
RIGHT INTO IT AS PROTESTS
CONTINUE AROUND
THE COUNTRY. WHAT IS YOUR
MESSAGE TO DEMONSTRATORS AND TO
YOUR CONSTITUENTS.
>> WELL MY MESSAGE IS
SIMPLE YOU KNOW ABOUT A BLACK
MAN SHOULD NOT BE DYING IN
POLICE CUSTODY, HE SAW IT
HAPPEN AGAIN. THIS FRIDAY IN
ATLANTA AND WE SHOULD BE MAKING
SURE
AS THAT. POLICE DEPARTMENTS
ACROSS THE COUNTRY ARE USING
BEST PRACTICES I MEAN THIS IS
SOMETHING THAT WE CAN
INCENTIVIZE TO CONGRESS THAT IS
ABOUT $2 BILLION WORTH OF
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE A
GRANDSON GO TO LOCAL POLICE
DEPARTMENTS AND WE SHOULD BE
MAKING SURE THOSE ARE GOING TO
PEOPLE THAT ARE FOLLOWING BEST
PRACTICES A MENTAL HEALTH IS
AN ISSUE. IN SAN ANTONIO, WE’RE
KIND OF SAN ANTONIO POLICE
DEPARTMENT IS KIND OF A LEADER
WHEN IT COMES TO MENTAL HEALTH
OR BUT UNFORTUNATELY ACROSS THE
ABOUT
AND MOST POLICE DEPARTMENTS
ONLY GET ABOUT 8 HOURS OF
TRAINING AND SAN ANTONIO, SAN
ANTONIO POLICE DEPARTMENT DOES
40 HOURS WHY DOES THIS MATTER
ONE IN EVERY 10 STOPPED AT THE
POLICE DOES HAVE SOMETHING TO
DO WITH A MENTAL HEALTH ISSUE
AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE
ALSO WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT’S
BAD COPS
GET FIRE, OFTENTIMES A POLICE
CHIEF KNOWS WHO THE BAD COPS
ARE AND THEY TRY TO FIRE HIM
AND THREW AN EDUCATION PROCESS
THEY GET PUT BACK ON THE THAT
SOMETHING IT’S ABSOLUTELY
OUTRAGEOUS. AND TO THE
REPUTATION OF THE ENTIRE FORCE
BECAUSE OF
A HANDFUL ABOUT FOLKS SO THIS
IS THE KIND OF STUFF AND
SOLUTIONS WERE
LOOKING FOR INTO A CHANGE IN
WASHINGTON DC, I’M WORKING WITH
MY COLLEAGUE AND FRIEND
IN REQUIRE ON MAKING SURE THE
SUPPORTERS THEY’RE FINANCIALLY
TO THE APPROPRIATIONS PROCESS
TO DO SOME OF THESE THINGS I’M
SO THAT WE CAN
MAKE SURE. WE HAVE YOU KNOW
POLICE FORCES ACROSS A THE
COUNTRY I CONTINUE TO PROTECT
AND SERVE US.
>> AND CONGRESSMAN HURD YOU MARCHED IN HOUSTON AND ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS YOU SPOKE OUT
LIKE AT THE SA FOOD BANK AND SO
HOW DID THEY CAN SIT DEFUND THE
POLICE RESONATE WITH YOU AND
YOUR COLLEAGUES.
>> WELL DEFINED THE
POLICE ACTUALLY IS GOING MAKE
OUR COMMUNITIES LESS SAFE TRY
AND IT’S IT’S A CRAZY IDEA AND
IN
MY OPINION BUT WE SHOULD BE
MAKING SURE EVERY DOLLARS GO TO
THE POLICE DEPARTMENT
GO FOR A BEST PRACTICE IS AN
IMPROVEMENT AND AND BEING THE
BEST THEY CAN AND SO THAT’S
WHAT WE’RE WE’RE WORKING I
DON’T THINK MANY IN IN
WASHINGTON D C
ACTUALLY BELIEVE IN GETTING RID
OF FUNDS TO TO THE POLICE
DEPARTMENT BECAUSE AGAIN THEY
HAVE A
DIFFICULT JOB AND WHETHER YOUR
SKIN IS BLACK OR YOUR UNIFORMS
BLUE YOU SHOULD BE TARGETED OUR
STREETS AND THE MEN AND WOMEN
IN THE SIGNS ARE PROTECTING
AND SERVING, BUT WE NEED TO BE
FOCUSED ON THOSE ON THOSE ONES
THAT ARE NOT FOLLOWING BEST
PRACTICES AND WE MAKE SURE
THERE’S TRAINING AND TO MAKE
SURE THAT THEY KNOW HOW TO
HANDLE A DE ESCALATION AND
THINGS LIKE THAT.
>> AND TURNING TO THE CORONAVIRUS AND OBVIOUSLY THE HUGE FALLOUT ECONOMICALLY THIS
WEEK ANNOUNCED $18 MILLION TO
BE DISTRIBUTED ACROSS THE
CITIES OF SAN ANTONIO AND EL
PASO, INCLUDING BEXAR COUNTY.
SO WHAT ARE THOSE FUNDS PRIMARY
FUNCTION.
>> THOSE FINES WERE HOUSING AND
URBAN DEVELOPMENT GRANTS TO
HELP OUR MOST VULNERABLE
POPULATION, THE HOMELESS, IT’S
GOING TO ENTITIES THAT WERE
INSURING THAT FOLKS THAT ARE
HAVE THE RESOURCES THEY NEED IN
ORDER TO CONTINUE TO BE SAFE
WE’RE GOING TO EVERYONE’S GOING
TO HAVE TO DO WITH CORONAVIRUS
INTO WE HAVE
A VACCINE. YOU KNOW SOME SAY IT
MAY BE WITHIN THE NEXT 12
MONTHS, MAYBE IT’S A LITTLE BIT
SOONER BUT IN THE MEANTIME,
THIS IS THE NEW NORMAL
FOR US AND WE HAVE TO BE
CONTINUE TO INCREASE TESTING
AGAINST SAN ANTONIO IS LEADING
THE WAY A SENTENCE ONE THE FEW
CITIES WHERE ANYBODY CAN GET
A DIAGNOSTIC TESTS FOR FORK
OVER 90 AND SENT HOME IS REALLY
THE WAY BECAUSE WE’VE BEEN
DOING WITH THIS LAW OF THE MOST
WE WERE DOING WITH THIS BACK IN
AND THE 3RD WEEK IN JANUARY WE
HAD THOSE 91
US CITIZENS FROM WUHAN PROVINCE
TRUCK HERE. IT’S A LESSON THERE FOR STATES AND SO THIS IS GOING TO CONTINUE TO BE AN ISSUE IS
PROBABLY GOING TO BE A AN
ADDITIONAL. STIMULUS SUPPORT OF
THOSE DETAILS ARE STILL BEING
WORKED OUT THOSE NEGOTIATIONS
ARE ONGOING A LIKELY NOT TO BE
COMPLETED AND UNTIL PROBABLY
AFTER A 4TH OF JULY AS WE HAVE
A MORE CHANCE TO SEE WHERE THE
ECONOMY IS GOING BASED ON ALL
THESE REOPENINGS.
>> STEPHANIE SERNA: AND
SPEAKING OF THAT THE CARES ACT
UPGRADED UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS
RUN OUT AT THE END OF JULY DC A
POSSIBLE EXTENSION.
>> THIS IS ONE OF
THE AREAS THAT WILL THERE BE AN
EXTENSION OF POTENTIALLY, BUT
ONE THING THAT WILL NOT HAPPEN
IS YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO MAKE
MORE MONEY ON UNEMPLOYMENT AND
YOU GET YOUR PREVIOUS SHOPS ARE
THAT’S SOMETHING THAT’S
IMPACTING THE ABILITY OF PEOPLE
TO GET BACK. TO
TO STORE AND SO THAT’S AN AREA THAT WILL WILL BE RUSHER CAN SO THAT DOESN’T HAPPEN
AGAIN, I’M ALSO GOING TO HAVE
TO HOUSE FEDERAL FUNDS GO TO
CITIES AND COUNTIES AND STATES
SO WE KNOW THE IMPACT THE CITY
BUDGETS AND THE QUESTION’S
GOING TO BE IF
FEDERAL DOLLARS OR ARE GIVEN TO
CITIES AND COUNTIES AND STATES
AND HOW CAN THOSE DOLLARS TO
USE A ONE AREA I THINK
EVERYBODY AGREES ON ITS
MODERNIZATION OF OUR DIGITAL
INFRASTRUCTURE ON THAT
UNEMPLOYMENT ISSUE WE GET MORE
MONEY THE UNEMPLOYMENT BUT THE
TEXAS WORKFORCE COMMISSION OF
THE STATE AGENCY AT A DIFFICULT
TIME MANAGING THE
NEW LOW AND BECAUSE THEY DIDN’T
HAVE A DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE
AND THEY NEEDED SO WHAT IF WE
USE FEDERAL FUNDS IN ORDER TO
MAKE SURE THAT WE’RE PROVIDING
BETTER DIGITAL FACES SERVICES
THAT’S A PROJECT THAT I’M
WORKING ON AND I THINK
SOMETHING THAT WE CAN FIND
BIPARTISAN BY CAM OR AGREEMENT
AND TO MAKE SURE THAT WE’RE NOT
JUST TALKING ABOUT A RECOVERY
FOR ME THE WORD RECOVERY MEANS
GOING BACK TO A PLACE YOU’VE
ALREADY BANNED I WANT SOMEBODY
ADVANCING I WANT TO BE BETTER
WHEN WE COME OUT OF THIS
COVID-19 CRISIS AND MODERNIZING
OUR INFRASTRUCTURE IS ONE WAY
TO DO THAT.
>> ALL RIGHT CONGRESSMAN WILL
HURD THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR
JOINING US HAVE AGGRESSOR