House Proceeding 04-29-09 on Apr 29th, 2009 :: 1:04:45 to 1:06:45
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Robert C. Scott: certain values. i would urge a no vote on this bill and i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back his time. the gentleman from michigan. mr. conyers: mr. speaker, i rise to give two minutes to the subcommittee chairman on crime for many years, bobby scott of virginia. the speaker pro tempore: the

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Speech By: Robert C. Scott

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Robert C. Scott: gentleman is recognized for two minutes. mr. scott: thank you, mr. speaker. i thank the gentleman for yielding. mr. speaker, buy aced crimes are disturbingly prevalent and pose a threat to full participation of all americans in our democratic society. despite the deep impact of hate violence in our communities, it limits federal jurisdiction of hate crimes to incidents directed against individuals only on the basis of race,

1:05:25 to 1:05:45( Edit History Discussion )

Robert C. Scott: religion, color and national origin and only when the victim is targeted because he or she has engaged in a federally protected activity, such as voting. further, the statute does not permit involvement in a range of cases where crimes are motivated by buy ace against the victim's perceived gender, gender identity or disability. we need to change the law so that the federal government

1:05:46 to 1:06:06( Edit History Discussion )

Robert C. Scott: will have authority to be involved in the investigating and prosecuting these cases when the state authorities cannot or will not do so. mr. speaker, the bill is narrowly drawn. it only applies to buy aced motivated violent crimes and has specific protections to ensure it does not impinge on public speech, writing in any way.

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Robert C. Scott: in fact, the only way that expressions could involve the defendant in this crime is if the language was such that it would already qualify as something like inciting a riot or other violent crimes. mr. speaker, law enforcement authorities and civic leaders have learned that a failure to address the problem of buy ace crime can cause a seemingly

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Robert C. Scott: isolated incident to fester into widespread tension that can cause damage to the social fabric of a community. this problem cuts across party lines and so i hope we will pass the bill on a bipartisan basis just as we did last year. mr. speaker, at this point i'd ask unanimous consent for the