House Proceeding 04-29-09 on Apr 29th, 2009 :: 0:57:30 to 0:58:45
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Rush D. Holt: the gentleman from florida. mr. hastings: i'm pleased at this time to yield to my distinguished colleague and good friend from mr. holt, one minute. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from new jersey is recognized for one minute. mr. holt: i rise in support of this rule and the underlying legislation. hate crimes are real and spread

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Speech By: Rush D. Holt

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Rush D. Holt: hate throughout entire communities. this would raise the ability of state and local authorities to investigate hate crimes. it is patently false to say we are criminalizing thoughts. we are criminalizing what haens when these thoughts lead to death.

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Rush D. Holt: this is no more about criminalizing thought than the anti-lynching laws were about criminalizing knot tying. to say ped filla belongs in here represents such uninformed, illogical and irrelevant thinking as to say kleptomania, true ancy and

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Rush D. Holt: abuse belong in here this bill is about hate crimes this bill has strong support from over 300 religious, lgbt, and civic organizations. i'm particularly pleased to identify the support of the garden state equality, a group