[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 147 (2001), Part 12]
[House]
[Page 16928]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



          AMERICANS SHOULD NOT TURN ANGER AGAINST ONE ANOTHER

  (Ms. SCHAKOWSKY asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. SCHAKOWSKY. Mr. Speaker, this is a time for Americans to stand 
together through our grief and our frustration and even our anger. But 
I wanted to come down here this morning to say how important it is that 
we do not turn our anger on one another.
  We are beginning to hear some disturbing reports of acts of bigotry 
against people who are perceived to be or who are Arab Americans or 
people who are wearing turbans; of angry mobs, angry crowds coming to a 
mosque; a person wearing a turban being thrown off a train. It is only 
a victory for those who would perpetrate acts of terrorism against us 
if we begin to turn against one another.
  There are millions of Arab Americans who contribute, who died in the 
explosions and the attack and who are mourning, along with all the rest 
of Americans. We cannot as a Nation allow our grief to turn into acts 
of violence or acts of bigotry against one another.
  I would just urge that we hold hands, that we stand firmly together 
to oppose this terrorism, that we stand with our allies around the 
world, and that we look to embracing each other as Americans to fight 
this enemy.

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