Political Quotes

“In Las Vegas a gay man was shot to death because he was gay. In Reno, someone went to a city park with the specific purpose to find someone who was gay, found him, and killed him. These types of incidents have happened not once, not twice, but numerous times in Nevada, and thousands of times around this country. I only mention two of the occasions where someone's son, someone's brother was killed. They were human beings. These people were killed not because of wanting to steal from them, not because of wanting to do anything other than to kill them because of who they were. They were killed because someone hated them. Mr. President, I rise today in support of the Local Law Enforcement Act of 2000. I am an original cosponsor of the freestanding legislation authored by the senior Senator from Massachusetts, Mr. Kennedy. I commend Senator Kennedy for his tireless efforts to ensure that the Senate consider and pass this important and much-needed measure. This is important legislation, and I am very happy that we are now at a point where this legislation can be debated in the Senate.”