    [Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: WILLIAM J. CLINTON (2000, Book I)]
    [April 14, 2000]
    [Page 716]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]

    Statement on Signing Legislation Designating the Joseph Ileto Post
    Office
    April 14, 2000

        Today I signed legislation designating the United States Post Office
    located at 14701 Peyton Drive in Chino Hills, California, as the
    ``Joseph Ileto Post Office.'' Joseph Ileto was a Filipino-American
    postal worker who was tragically murdered last year in a crime of hate.
    He was a dedicated public servant, killed simply because he was an
    Asian-American who worked for his country's Government. It is a fitting
    tribute to the life and memory of Mr. Ileto that we name this Post
    Office in his honor.
        During the last year, we have all been shaken by violent acts like
    the murder of Joseph Ileto, acts that strike at the very values that
    define us as a nation. Now is the time for us to take strong and
    decisive action to fight hate crimes, and I call on Congress, at long
    last, to pass strong hate crimes legislation. It is time for us all to
    raise our voices against intolerance and to build the one America that
    our hearts tell us we can be.

    Note: H.R. 3189, approved April 14, was assigned Public Law No. 106-184.