| Irs, Doj, Benghazi—Americans Deserve Answers |
May 14, 2013 |
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Glenn Thompson, R-PA
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"Mr. Speaker, at a 2009 college commencement address, President Obama joked he could use the Internal Revenue Service to target political enemies, but, of course, he never would. Well, today, it appears that officials at the Internal Revenue Service had the last laugh. On Friday, the IRS admitted to the political profiling of conservative groups and that senior-level officials were aware of these actions as far back as 2011."
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| Executive Session |
May 7, 2013 |
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Charles Grassley, R-IA
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"Perhaps the most concerning response he provided was to another simple constitutional law question. I asked all the Board nominees an important question about the use of profiling based upon country of origin for immigration purposes."
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| Introduction Of The Racial Profiling Prevention Act |
February 26, 2013 |
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Eleanor Norton, D-DC
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"Mr. Speaker, I rise to introduce a bill, the Racial Profile Prevention Act, 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 we were successful in getting included in the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (SAFETEA-LU) in 2005. Although that grant program was just a small piece of the large SAFETEA-LU bill, nearly half of the states participated in the program for multiple years. This experience speaks to the usefulness of the program to states. Racial profiling is a form of racial discrimination that was thrust back into the forefront of national concern by the tragic killing of Trayvon Martin, who died one year ago today."
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| Arizona Immigration Policy |
June 27, 2012 |
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Luis Gutierrez, D-IL
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"In Arizona today, all that stands between you and a legal nightmare is whether a police officer feels there is a reasonable suspicion to inquire about your country of origin. Yet Arizona politicians will tell you, with a straight face no less, that they can apply this law without using racial profiling, without assuming that someone named Gutierrez isn’t less likely to be in this country legally than someone named Smith."
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