| In Celebration Of Asian Pacific American Heritage Month |
May 16, 2012 |
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Doris Matsui, D-CA
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"We must continue to work together to ensure that our country does not repeat injustices of the past. We must continue to fight back on issues like racial profiling, housing discrimination, and disparities in health care. We must continue to ensure that AAPI voices and ideas are heard."
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| Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act Of 2011—Motion To Proceed— Continued |
April 23, 2012 |
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Richard Durbin, D-IL
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"There is another troubling aspect of the Arizona immigration law. According to experts, the law encourages racial profiling. I chair the Senate Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on Constitution, Civil Rights, and Human Rights. Last week, at a hearing on racial profiling, we had the first hearing on the subject since 9/11/2001. One of the subjects we examined at the hearing is the state of Federal, State, and local measures in recent years under the guise of combating illegal immigration that have subjected Hispanic Americans to an increase in racial profiling. The Arizona immigration law is a prime example, and let me explain why."
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| Introduction Of The Racial Profiling Prevention Act |
April 18, 2012 |
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Eleanor Norton, D-DC
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"Mr. Speaker, as we await a surface transportation bill, I rise to introduce a bill to reestablish a federal grant program for states that desire to develop racial profiling laws, collect and maintain data on traffic stops, design programs to reduce racial profiling, and train law enforcement officers, which I worked to get included in the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (SAFETEA LU) in 2005. Despite the fact that the grant program was just a small piece of the very large SAFETEA LU bill, nearly half of the states participated in the program for multiple fiscal years. Racial profiling is a form of racial discrimination that is now back in the forefront of national concern because of the tragic killing of Trayvon Martin."
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| Authority For Committees To Meet |
April 17, 2012 |
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Joseph Lieberman, ID-CT
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"Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Human Rights, be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate, on April 17, 2012, at 10 a.m., in room SD 226 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building, to conduct a hearing entitled “Ending Racial Profiling in America.”"
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| 21St Century Postal Service Act Motion To Proceed—Continued |
April 17, 2012 |
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Benjamin Cardin, D-MD
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"Mr. President, I take this time to inform my colleagues of a hearing that took place this morning before the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Human Rights of the Senate Judiciary Committee, chaired by Senator Durbin. Senator Durbin has been a leader in this body on making sure we have a committee that focuses on the issues of human rights. Today’s hearing on racial profiling, ending racial profiling in America, was the first hearing we have had in Congress on racial profiling since the attack on our country on September 11. I congratulate Senator Durbin for holding this hearing. I thought the hearing was very informative as to a problem we have in America on the use of racial profiling."
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