[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 89 (Tuesday, June 22, 1999)]
[House]
[Page H4676]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




        CONDEMN THE SYNAGOGUE BURNINGS IN SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA

  (Mr. LANTOS asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. LANTOS. Mr. Speaker, the logical final outcome of hate crimes is 
the nightmare we see on our television sets every night in Kosovo. This 
past weekend, in the State of California, three synagogues were set on 
fire.
  This past year in this free society, which is based on respect for 
all religions, Mr. Speaker, there were over 8,000 hate crimes in the 
United States. Some of these were directed on the basis of race, 
religion, disability, sexual orientation, or gender.
  Today, I am introducing a resolution condemning this outrageous act, 
which resulted in the destruction of three Jewish places of worship in 
the Sacramento area of California.
  Scores of my colleagues from across the political spectrum are 
joining me in this resolution. I ask all of my colleagues to join and 
express unanimously our condemnation of these outrageous acts and 
provide assistance to all relevant agencies to bring the perpetrators 
to justice.

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