Sheila Jackson Lee: “I thank the gentleman for yielding. Madam Speaker, I also thank you for your leadership. I thank Congresswoman Meng for…”

“I thank the gentleman for yielding. Madam Speaker, I also thank you for your leadership. I thank Congresswoman Meng for her power and passion and the hurt that we saw as she proceeded to say something has to be done. I thank Senator Hirono, the bipartisan supporters, and the Tri-Caucus that was led to believe that we had to stand together as those who have been impacted by hate. I thank Mr. Beyer for his initiative, bipartisanship, and for reporting hate. It is important to note that there were nearly 3,800 reported cases of anti-Asian discrimination and incidents related to COVID-19 between March 19, 2020, and February 28, 2021. During that time, race had been cited as a factor, and then the worst among many, seniors being beat brutally to the ground, dying, injured, and hurt for life. Then, in Atlanta, the unspeakable occurred for seven women, six of whom were of Asian descent. It is time for this House, in a bipartisan manner, as in the Senate with over 90 supporting it in its final passage, it is time for us to raise our voices emotionally and make a commitment, no matter what color we are, as we see people of our color attacking Asian Americans, we should stand and be heard. No hate crime should be allowed to stand. We, of course, have seen that all over. I ask my colleagues to rise to support S. 937 and the Beyer bill because no hate crime should be allowed to stand in America.…”