[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 147 (2001), Part 19]
[House]
[Page 26106]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



  CALLING FOR A VOTE ON H.R. 1343, LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT HATE CRIMES 
                         PREVENTION ACT OF 2001

  (Ms. CARSON of Indiana asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. CARSON of Indiana. Mr. Speaker, before September's explosions of 
hatred, we needed hate crimes legislation to help local jurisdictions 
across the country deal with crimes motivated by prejudice. After, as 
we experienced the hate-filled behavior of some of our own people, the 
need is underscored.
  Since then, word has come to us at home and on the Hill of wanton 
attacks upon Americans of Arab and Muslim descent. In my hometown, 
young people fueled by hatred brutally attacked a young Hoosier Air 
Force veteran of Thai descent, intent upon vengeance.
  Hatred is a thing bad in itself. Unchecked, it is our bitter enemy. 
When it powers violence, its reach is extended into the realm where 
terror is born, multiplying its victims.
  202 of us have cosponsored H.R. 1343. I implore those who control the 
flow of business here to let us vote, Mr. Speaker, to underscore the 
determination of this House that hatred has no home in our land.




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