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• H. R. 1592: Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act of 2007 (Engrossed as Agreed to and Passed by House)
  • Sec 1: Short Title
  • Sect 2: Definition of Hate Crime
  • Sect 3: Support For Criminal Investigations And Prosecutions By State, Local, And Tribal Law Enforcement Officials.
  • Sect 4: Grant Program
  • Sect 5: Authorization For Additional Personnel To Assist State, Local, And Tribal Law Enforcement
  • Sect 6: Prohibition Of Certain Hate Crime Acts
  • Sect 7: Severability
  • Sect 8: Rule of Construction
• John Conyers, Jr. Introduces H.R. 1592, Tuesday, March 20, 2007, in remarks published in the Congressional Daily Records, Extensions, March 21, 2007
  • H.R. 1592 has broad-based organizational support in America
  • Hate crimes are still prevalent in the U.S.
  • The Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act of 2007 is a constructive and measured response
• DocID:cr03my07-50 Part 1: May 3, 2007 Commentary, Debate and Votes Regarding H.R. 1592
  • James McGovern (D-MA)
  • Doc Hastings (R-WA)
  • Letter of Support from 31 State attorneys general
  • Kathy Castor (D-FL)
  • Daniel E. Lungren (R-CA)
  • Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX)
  • Louie Gohmert (R-TX)
  • Doc Hastings (R-WA)
  • Oganizational Endorsements
  • James McGovern (D-MA)
  • Roll Call Vote No 296 to decide H. Res. 364
  • Roll Call Vote No 297 - H. Res. 364 recorded Vote
  • Text H.R. 1592
• DocID:cr03my07-50 Part 2: May 3, 2007 Commentary, Debate and Votes Regarding H.R. 1592
  • H.R. 1592
  • H.R. 1592 as Amended
  • John Conyers (D-MI)
  • Tammy Baldwin (D-WI)
  • Robert C. Scott (D-VA)
  • Howard Coble (R-NC)
  • Christopher Shays (R-CT)
  • Mark Steven Kirk (R-IL)
  • Tom Feeney (R-FL)
  • Jerrold Nadler (D-NY)
  • Steve King (R-IA)
  • Keith Ellison (D-MN)
  • Arthur Davis (D-AL)
  • Mary Fallin (R-OK)
  • James E.Clyburn (D-SC)
  • Daniel E Lingren (R-CA)
  • John Conyers (D-MI)
  • Henry C. Johnson Jr. (D-GA)
  • Tom Price (R-GA)
  • Rahm V Emanuel (D-IL)
  • Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX)
  • Jan Schakowsky (D-IL)
  • Barbara Lee (D-CA)
• DocID:cr03my07-50 Part 3: May 3, 2007 Commentary, Debate and Votes Regarding H.R. 1592
  • Nancy Pelosi (D-CA)
  • Dennis J. Kucinich (D-OH)
  • Albert Russell Wynn (D-MD)
  • Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO)
  • James R. Langevin (D-RI)
  • Lynn Woolsey (D-CA)
  • Bob Goodlatte (R-VA)
  • Sander M. Levin (D-MI)
  • Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick (D-MI)
  • Bobby L. Rush (D-IL)
  • Stephanie Tubbs Jones (D-OH)
  • Fortney Pete Stark (D-CA)
  • Michael N. Castle (R-DE)
  • Jim Jordan (R-OH)
  • Rep Hirono
  • Donna M. Christensen (D-VI)
  • Sam Farr (D-CA)
  • Eliot L. Engel (D-NY)
  • John B. Larson (D-CT)
  • Lee Terry (R-NE)
  • Mark Udall (D-CO)
  • Mike Honda (D-CA)
  • Lamar S. Smith (R-TX): Motion to Recommit H.R. 1592
  • Tom Price (R-GA) - Parliamentary Inquiry
  • Roll No 298 Recommit HR 1592
  • Roll 299 - HR 1592
• Mike Pence (R-IN), speaking as Chairman of The Republican Study Group in Opposition to H.R. 1592
  • Strenuous Opposition by The Republican Study Group
  • Thomas Jefferson's Wall of Separation Between Church and State
  • Violation of First Amendment's Religious Establishment Clause
  • Republican Study Group Calls for Bush Veto of H.R. 1592
• Todd Tiahrt (R-KS) on May 3, 2007, Published in the Congressional Daily record, Extension of Remarks, March 7, 2007
• Alcee Hastings (D-FL) on May 3, 2007, Published in the Congressional Daily record, Extension of Remarks, March 7, 2007
• Louie Gohmert (R-TX) on May 3, 2007
  • Numbers of Transvestites
  • Reminds Gohmert of Social Security Hearings in the 1930s
• Bob Etheridge (D-NC) on May 3, 2007, Published in the Congressional Daily record, Extension of Remarks, March 8, 2007
• Mike Honda (D-CA): Remembrance of Vincent Chin, June 20, 2007