[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 49 (Friday, March 18, 2022)]
[House]
[Page H3844]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




             CONDEMNING HATE CRIMES AGAINST ASIAN AMERICANS

  (Ms. BOURDEAUX asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. BOURDEAUX. Madam Speaker, I rise today to commemorate the 1-year 
anniversary of the Atlanta spa shootings.
  Across our country, the Asian-American community has been under 
attack because of misinformation and xenophobia that wrongly blamed 
them for the COVID-19 pandemic.
  On March 16, 2021, 1 year ago, in Atlanta, eight innocent people, six 
of whom were women of Asian descent, were senselessly murdered. The 
victims of this attack included mothers and grandmothers, fathers and 
sons, teachers, and veterans. These are lives that cannot be restored, 
leaving pain that cannot be forgotten.
  These attacks in Georgia were a wake-up call for the public to the 
reality the Asian-American community is facing each and every day.
  Acts of violence like these demonstrate why we must always call out 
bigotry and hate whenever or wherever we see it. We must all speak out 
against it.
  I would like to thank CAPAC Chair Judy Chu for her leadership on this 
issue and encourage my colleagues to continue to speak out as we stand 
together with the Asian-American community.

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