[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 167 (Tuesday, October 22, 2019)]
[House]
[Page H8372]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




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    LYNCHING WARRANTS AN ENHANCED SENTENCE UNDER HATE CRIME STATUTES

  (Mr. RUSH asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. RUSH. Madam Speaker, between 1882 and 1968, 3,446 African 
Americans were lynched in this Nation. This fact appears to be 
completely lost on the President, who just this morning conflated 
constitutionally mandated oversight with the horrific act of lynching.
  The heinous nature of lynching is why I have introduced H.R. 35, The 
Emmitt Till Antilynching Act. Madam Speaker, this bipartisan bill would 
specify that lynching is a crime in and of itself, and that its vile 
nature warrants an enhanced sentence under hate crime statutes.
  I would encourage all my colleagues to support this bill and to 
reject this President's vile rhetoric.

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