[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 162 (2016), Part 7]
[House]
[Page 8780]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                        HATE CONTINUES TO FESTER

  (Mr. LOWENTHAL asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. LOWENTHAL. Mr. Speaker, 49 dead Americans: sons, daughters, 
husbands, wives, friends.
  Whatever his ideology, whatever gun he used, this killer was driven 
by hate toward the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender community.
  Just as hate struck the LGBT community at the UpStairs Lounge in New 
Orleans or at Uncle Charlie's in New York City or the BeBar nightclub 
here in Washington or the hundreds and hundreds other attacks that 
occur each year, it is because of the inaction of bodies like this, the 
Congress of the United States, to address discrimination, to ignore 
cries for equality, that this hate continues to fester.
  The LGBT community deals with this fear and hate every single day, 
all for wanting to live and love and be who they are. And who they are, 
just like every member of the LGBT community, are sons, daughters, 
husbands, wives, and friends.

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