[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 4]
[House]
[Page 6103]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                         VILLAINS HALL OF SHAME

  (Mr. POE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. POE. Madam Speaker, there is a new candidate for the ``Villains 
Hall of Shame.'' What began as a Sunday morning journey to church for 
Rose Morat of Queens, New York, ended up in ambush, robbery, and 4 days 
in the hospital.
  Ms. Morat is 101 years old. She was leaving her apartment complex 
when a shameless woman-beater pretended to help her out the door, but 
smashed her three times in the face, breaking a cheekbone. He stole her 
purse; then he threw her to the ground and hit her again. And after 
making his getaway, this dastardly menace struck again 30 minutes 
later. This time he beat up an 85-year-old lady and stole her purse.
  New York Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly has made it a priority to 
capture this outlaw. Angry New Yorkers are already flooding the 
airwaves with suggestions for punishment for this criminal that would 
make the hanging of Saddam Hussein look mild.
  Madam Speaker, even in our current culture of tolerance, there are 
some things you just don't do, some things we just don't tolerate. No 
one beats up elderly grandmothers, or they will face the wrath of the 
public and the long arm of the law.
  And that's just the way it is.

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