[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 597 Introduced in House (IH)]

  2d Session
H. RES. 597

Expressing the sense of the House with respect to the brutal killing of 
                          Mr. Matthew Shepard.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 14, 1998

   Mrs. Cubin (for herself and Ms. DeGette) submitted the following 
    resolution; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                               RESOLUTION


 
Expressing the sense of the House with respect to the brutal killing of 
                          Mr. Matthew Shepard.

    Resolved, That it is the sense of the House that--
            (1) Mr. Matthew Shepard, a 21-year-old student at the 
        University of Wyoming in Laramie, Wyoming, was physically 
        beaten and tortured, tied to a wooden fence and left for dead;
            (2) Mr. Matthew Shepard died as a result of his injuries on 
        October 12, 1998, in a Colorado hospital surrounded by his 
        loving family and friends; and
            (3) the House--
                    (A) condemns the actions which occurred in Laramie, 
                Wyoming, as unacceptable and outrageous;
                    (B) urges each Member of Congress and every citizen 
                of the United States, in his or her own way, through 
                his or her church, synagogue, mosque, workplace, or 
                social organization, to join in denouncing and 
                encouraging others to denounce this outrageous murder 
                of another human being;
                    (C) pledges to join in efforts to bring an end to 
                such crimes, and to encourage all Americans to dedicate 
                themselves to ending violence in the United States; and
                    (D) pledges to do everything in its power to fight 
                the sort of prejudice and intolerance that leads to the 
                murder of innocent people.
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