From today's Washington Post:
...on the floor, lawmakers endeavored, sometimes awkwardly, to link the Virginia Tech tragedy with their pet issues. Opposing hate-crimes legislation, Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-Tex.) argued that the bill "says that if you are going to hurt someone, if you are going to shoot them, brutalize them, please make it a random, senseless act of violence like in Virginia. Don't hate them while you hurt them."
Rep. Jerry McNerney (D-Calif.) said: "Our thoughts and prayers today are with the students of Virginia Tech." He added: "I rise today in support of the Wild Sky Wilderness Act."
Bob Bennett (R-Utah) attempted to reach similar balance on the Senate floor: "Before I begin my statement with respect to tax day, I wish to pause and express on behalf of the people of Utah our great sympathy."
...on the floor, lawmakers endeavored, sometimes awkwardly, to link the Virginia Tech tragedy with their pet issues. Opposing hate-crimes legislation, Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-Tex.) argued that the bill "says that if you are going to hurt someone, if you are going to shoot them, brutalize them, please make it a random, senseless act of violence like in Virginia. Don't hate them while you hurt them."
Rep. Jerry McNerney (D-Calif.) said: "Our thoughts and prayers today are with the students of Virginia Tech." He added: "I rise today in support of the Wild Sky Wilderness Act."
Bob Bennett (R-Utah) attempted to reach similar balance on the Senate floor: "Before I begin my statement with respect to tax day, I wish to pause and express on behalf of the people of Utah our great sympathy."
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