109 HRES 473 IH: Condemning the racist remarks of William Bennett. U.S. House of Representatives 2005-09-29 text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.

IV 109th CONGRESS 1st Session H. RES. 473 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES September 29, 2005 Mr. Rush submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary RESOLUTION Condemning the racist remarks of William Bennett.

Whereas William J. Bennett hosts a radio program, Morning in America, which airs on approximately 115 radio stations with an estimated weekly audience of 1.25 million listeners; Whereas on September 28th, 2005, Mr. Bennett said on his radio program, “But I do know that it's true that if you wanted to reduce crime, you could, if that were your sole purpose, you could abort every black baby in this country, and your crime rate would go down.”; and Whereas Mr. Bennett’s remarks are outrageous and blatantly racist: Now, therefore, be it

That the House of Representatives— (1)condemns the comments made by William J. Bennett on his radio program, Morning in America, as outrageous racism of the most bigoted and ignorant kind; and (2)condemns all manifestations and expressions of racism and ethnic intolerance.