[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 9 (Thursday, February 7, 2002)]
[House]
[Page H217]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    SUPPORT HATE CRIMES LEGISLATION

  (Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas. Mr. Speaker, because of Enron hearings 
regarding the situation dealing with the Enron collapse, I will not be 
able to join my colleagues in advocating for a very important 
legislative initiative. I am here to enthusiastically support the 
gentlewoman from California (Ms. Woolsey) as we look to pass the Local 
Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act of 2002, and the gentleman 
from Michigan (Mr. Conyers), the ranking member of the Committee on the 
Judiciary.
  Just this week we had an individual in my community who may have been 
viewed as being different and was murdered, and we are still looking to 
determine who killed Hugo Cesar Barajas and how he was killed, because 
he was different and because he had a different lifestyle. We must 
believe in everyone and support human dignity. I have asked for this to 
be investigated as a hate crime.
  Mr. Speaker, this legislation is imperative. We must pass this 
legislation now to provide dignity to all in this Nation.

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