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Covid-19 Hate Crimes Act

Floor Speech

Date: May 18, 2021
Location: Washington, DC
Issues: Civil Liberties and Civil Rights Criminal Justice
Keyword Search: Covid

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Ms. JAYAPAL. Madam Speaker, we are here today for Soon Chung Park, Suncha Kim, Yong Ae Yue, Hyun Jung Grant, Xiaojie Tan, Daoyou Feng, Amarjeet Kaur Johal, Jasvinder Kaur, Jaswinder Singh, Amarjit Sekhon, and too many others.

This bill is an important step to address and prevent hate crimes as we deal with the root causes of hate and violence. That means providing basic economic security, including housing, social services, education, and healthcare.

A ``yes'' vote says that we won't stand by as our children are bullied on playgrounds and our elders are beaten in the streets.

A ``yes'' vote says to Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders-- Chinese, Korean, Indian, Vietnamese, Thai, Pakistani, Japanese, Filipino, Native Hawaiian, Laotian, Hmong, Cambodian, Burmese, Bangladeshi, Bhutanese, Indonesian, Tibetan, Sri Lankan, Tongan, Malaysian, Mongolian, Taiwanese, Fijian, Singaporean, Chamorro, Nepalese, Samoan, Bruneian, Afghani, Micronesian, and Marshallese--that we are visible and that we matter.

We, too, are America.

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