House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer Floor Speech on Federal Hate Crimes Bill

House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-MA) speaks on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives on the federal hate crimes legislation, the Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act of 2009 (HR 1913).

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[andrewrey2006]

EQUALITY FOR ALL! Finally there are people starting to see the importance of treating people the same.

[RichieNJim]

And Congresswoman Virginia Foxx is a stupid bitch. =)

[DarthChuckster]

Erudite stupid, liberal old White man, you don't live in the real world. There is more hate crime against Whites than against any other group, but Whites are not equally protected under this law. Justin Barker was viciously attacked by a gang of blacks in Jena, LA. Because of HATE, but he did not even receive normal justice because blacks feel they should be able to do such things with impunity and acted like this was some sort of civil rights case. You are a traitor to your own people.

[NikM755]

What a waste of time.

Pass real bills. Their are already bills in place to protect from CRIMES. Quit wasting time.

[Wolfbloodvamps171]

America is hateful.

[pwimbs79]

Leader Hoyer you said it correctly all of us equal no if, no ands, and no buts. I wish the people heed the words of the Bible, to love thy neighbor as you love thyself.

[SNUFFsurgeryNEWS]

What about treating the unborn equal? Tolerance, respect, & accountability 4 those who r driven 2 violence by hate!

I am so glad we will b finally seeing drag queens as aids 2 politicians! Can't wait 2c a tu-tu transgender on that mic.

Beware 2 employers! Now u can hire a geek on Fri, & have a Drag Queen working 4 ya on Mon.

Most don't care what u do behind closed doors. We mind the freak show in our face & their rabid solicitation 4 pooper or peeper w/ every word they lisp.

[accidenta1]

What really pisses me off is that This bill ACTUALLY has to be past in order to hopefully stop hate crimes.

Hate IS HATE. It should NEVER of been tolerated in the first place. It's automatic, you don't hate another person because of who they are or what they believe in. I don't understand why anyone would oppose this bill, unless you hated homosexuals, where that was your only reason.

It's just stupid that we have to go through this whole process... & it's stupid that it's only happening now

[firejack007]

the two thugs who committed the crime against Shepard received life in prison. Likewise, the murderer of a devout Catholic grandmother who reportedly was brutally killed by a homosexual man in Chicago was also given a life sentence. The system worked in both cases and both victims received equal justice under the law apart from any discriminatory hate crimes legislation. How can you do any better than this? Equal justice.

[Roaddogg666]

This is a great speech. I can only hope it passes the Senate next

Equality For All!

[BriAnT121]

wonder what Fox will have to say about this, 'Steny Hoyer is critising america....he calls america hateful'

well im not sure what they'll say but its almost certain that they'll complain about something

[nalarocksurscks]

does anyone know where a transcript of this speech might be found?