House Proceeding 04-29-09 on Apr 29th, 2009 :: 1:08:40 to 1:12:00
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Alcee L. Hastings: mr. speaker, this underlying bill is a bad bill and it's a bad rule and i urgeef thank you, mr. speaker, i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman's time has expired. the gentleman from florida. mr. hastings: i yield myself the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for four 1/2 minutes. mr. hastings: i've been on the

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Speech By: Alcee L. Hastings

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Alcee L. Hastings: rules committee for a considerable amount of time both in the majority and the minority. i've seen things come to the rules committee that i thought were trivializing the process. but yesterday took the cake r me. we had an amendment offered by one of our colleagues to this particular legislation, and i

1:09:18 to 1:09:39( Edit History Discussion )

Alcee L. Hastings: guess it was done in a creative fashion, and certainlyhe author of it did spend some time looking in the dictionary or creating new terms. i apologize to our but i want to put in the record what we have to put up with in the rules committee.

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Alcee L. Hastings: the term sexual orientation, this amendment -- proposed amendment said, as used in this act or any amendment made by this act does not include aptamofilia, autogynophel

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Alcee L. Hastings: ambings, gerian sexuality, floke filla, patrophila, sexual sadism, sucherism. transgenderism, transsexual, transvestite, transvestite

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Alcee L. Hastings: fetishism, voyeurism and zoophilia. the late-night comedians need to come up there with me so they can get into the spirit of spurious ness that comes there on certain occasions. this is serious business. we can't legislate love. but we can legislate against hate.

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Alcee L. Hastings: this legislation will provide an added deterrent to those whom these feelings manifest themselves into acts of violence. they will be fully aware that should they commit a hate crime there will be no leniency and they will not slip through the cracks of the american legal system.

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Alcee L. Hastings: further passage of this hate crimes bill will increase public educationnd awareness and enco report hate crimes that all too often are silenced. mr. speaker, this bill addresses our resolve to end violence based on prestigious and to guarantee that -- prejudice and to guarantee that

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Alcee L. Hastings: all americans, regardless of race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or disability or all of these philias and isms that were put rward need not live in fear because of who they are.

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Alcee L. Hastings: i urge my colleagues to vote in favor of this rule so we continue to move this country