Political Quotes

“I thank my colleague from Maine and my colleague from Hawaii, as well as my colleague from Illinois, and so many others who have led on this issue. In a moment, the Senate will vote on final passage of the anti-Asian hate crimes bill. This long overdue bill sends two messages to our Asian-American friends: We will not tolerate bigotry against you; and to those perpetrating anti-Asian bigotry, we will pursue you to the fullest extent of the law. We cannot--we cannot--allow this recent tide of bigotry, intolerance, and prejudice against Asian Americans go unchecked. A bedrock value of our multicultural society is that an attack on any one group is an attack on all of us. By passing this bill, we tell our law enforcement agencies to prioritize anti-Asian violence and wield the sword to detect, deter, and prosecute hate crimes of all varieties. We send a clear message, a unified message, that hate has no place in America. And so, by passing this bill, we recommit ourselves to the most American of creeds, ``e pluribus unum,'' out of many one. I urge a unanimous ``yes'' vote on this legislation, and I ask for the yeas and nays. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second? There appears to be a sufficient second. The clerk will call the roll. The senior assistant legislative clerk called the roll.”