[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 147 (2001), Part 16]
[House]
[Page 23149]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



      H.R. 1343, LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT HATE CRIMES PREVENTION ACT

  (Ms. WOOLSEY asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. WOOLSEY. Mr. Speaker, it is time to bring the bipartisan bill, 
the Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act, of the gentleman 
from Michigan (Mr. Conyers) to the floor to be voted on.
  The terrorists who committed the atrocities on September 11 want 
nothing less than to destroy our American way of life. Terrorists want 
our children to grow up divided because of weaknesses, not unified by 
America's strengths.
  The Conyers' bill, supported by 199 bipartisan cosponsors, defends 
every American from the kind of hate and bigotry that has followed 
September 11, particularly our children.
  Kids, because of the way they appear, have been beaten by their 
peers, harassed at their schools, and spit on in supermarkets. We must 
give local law enforcement the tools that they need to punish and 
prevent these crimes. The Conyers Hate Crime Prevention Act will do 
just that.

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