Orrin Hatch: “I agree with 80 percent of what the distinguished Senator has said during this debate. The fact is, the very name of…”

“I agree with 80 percent of what the distinguished Senator has said during this debate. The fact is, the very name of this bill makes the very point I am making. It is the 'Matthew Shepard Act,' a heinous crime committed against him where both people were prosecuted and sentenced to life; in the Byrd case, sentenced to death. We are taking care of these problems. There has been no showing by the other side that the State prosecutors are incapable of doing so. The fact is, we do not need a massive Federal piece of legislation that would require the Federal Government to get into areas that clearly are not in interstate commerce but are subject to State laws that are being enforced. That is a very important point. We should be very loath to go beyond that point. I thank my very loquacious colleague who feels very deeply, but I feel deeply, too, about the issue, about these people, about what is happening, and what I am saying constitutionally.”