Chuck Schumer: “Right above the Presiding Officer's chair it says: E Pluribus Unum, the motto of the United States, Out of Many One.…”

“Right above the Presiding Officer's chair it says: E Pluribus Unum, the motto of the United States, Out of Many One. Every hate crime puts a dagger into the heart of America, puts a dagger into our national motto, Out of Many One. We have federalized so many crimes--gun crimes, drug crimes, car jacking, capital crimes. Why, we might ask, is the only crime we do not want to federalize that of hate? Ask yourself that question, my colleagues. Why? They are every bit as troubling to America as other crimes, perhaps more so because they strike at the very fabric of what this country is about: E Pluribus Unum. I urge my colleagues to support the Kennedy-Smith amendment.”