Political Quotes

“Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Burr substitute amendment be agreed to, and the bill, as amended, be considered read a third time. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection? Without objection, it is so ordered. The amendment (No. 4975) in the nature of a substitute was agreed to, as follows: (Purpose: In the nature of a substitute) Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the following: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Emmett Till Unsolved Civil Rights Crimes Reauthorization Act of 2016''. SEC. 2. INVESTIGATION OF UNSOLVED CIVIL RIGHTS CRIMES. The Emmett Till Unsolved Civil Rights Crime Act of 2007 (28 U.S.C. 509 note) is amended-- (1) in section 2-- (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ``and'' at the end; (B) in paragraph (2), by striking the period at the end and inserting a semicolon; and (C) by inserting after paragraph (2) the following: ``(3) coordinate the sharing of information between the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the civil rights community, and other entities; ``(4) support the full accounting of all victims whose deaths or disappearances were the result of racially motivated crimes; ``(5) hold accountable under Federal and State law all individuals who were perpetrators of, or accomplices in, unsolved civil rights murders and such disappearances; ``(6) express the condolences of the authority to the communities affected by unsolved civil rights murders, and to the families of the victims of such murders and such disa…”