May 18, 2021 Press Release
Washington, D.C. – Speaker Nancy Pelosi delivered remarks on the Floor of the House of Representatives in support of
S. 937, the COVID-19 Hate Crimes Act. Below are the Speaker’s remarks:
Speaker Pelosi. Thank you, Madam Speaker. I thank the gentleman for yielding and for his leadership in bringing this important legislation to the Floor. It really is representative of his lifetime of service to our country for liberty and justice for all, the term that our distinguished Leader mentioned in his comments. Liberty and justice for all.
I want to spring from that and talk about ‘E Pluribus Unum.’ When our Founders established that as a principle, as a guide – ‘E Pluribus Unum,’ from many one – they could never have imagined how many we would be or how different we would be from each other. But they knew we had to be one, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Thank you, Mr. Leader,
McCarthy Announces Opposition to Jan. 6 Commission
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The top House Republican said he could not support an inquiry into the attack on the U.S. Capitol by a pro-Trump mob because it would not examine unrelated “political violence” associated with the left. Representative Rashida Tlaib urged President Biden to end his support of Israel amid its bombing campaign against Hamas.
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Protestors at the Capitol as they breached the doors on Jan. 6.Credit.Jason Andrew for The New York Times
Representative Kevin McCarthy, the top House Republican, said on Tuesday that he would oppose an independent commission to investigate the Jan. 6 Capitol attack, denouncing the proposed bipartisan inquiry into the deadliest attack on Congress in centuries because it would not examine unrelated “political violence” associated with the left.
The House passes an anti-Asian hate crimes bill, clearing it for Biden’s signature.
Representative Grace Meng (D-NY), left, speaks during a news conference on the Stop Asian Hate Bill at the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Tuesday.Credit.Stefani Reynolds for The New York Times
May 18, 2021
The House overwhelmingly passed legislation on Tuesday aimed at strengthening federal efforts to address hate crimes directed at Asian-Americans, clearing the measure for President Biden’s signature.
The bill, approved in a 364-62 vote, is the first legislative action that Congress has taken to bolster law enforcement’s response to attacks on people of Asian descent amid an uptick in discrimination and violence against Asian-American communities during the pandemic.