"Hate Crimes"

"Hate Crimes"

Last week, the four most recent chairmen of the RSC sent the following letter to President Bush, urging him to issue a strongly-worded statement against the Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act (H.R. 1592), which he subsequently did:

http://www.house.gov/hensarling/rsc/doc/050207_HateCrimes_RSCLtrToPres.PDF.

The RSC also prepared the following question-and-answer document about the hate crimes legislation:
http://www.house.gov/hensarling/rsc/doc/PB_050307_HateCrimes_Q&A.pdf.

To see the RSC's Legislative Bulletin on the hate crimes bill, scroll down to this Update's Legislative Bulletins section.

Source: Update from the House Republican Study Committee (RSC)