H.Res. 473House109th Congress (2005-2007)In Committee

Condemning the racist remarks of William Bennett.

Introduced September 29, 2005

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Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

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Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution.

October 17, 2005

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Marilyn N. Musgrave
Rep. Marilyn N. MusgraveR-CO-4 · Sep 20, 2005

Mr. Speaker, due to meetings during the series of votes on Thursday, September 15, I did not make it back to the House floor in time for the last vote (rollcall vote No. 475). H. Res. 473 was to…

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Introduced in HouseIssued September 29, 2005

IV

109th CONGRESS

1st Session

H. RES. 473

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

September 29, 2005

Mr. Rush submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

RESOLUTION

Condemning the racist remarks of William Bennett.

Whereas William J. Bennett hosts a radio program, Morning in America, which airs on approximately 115 radio stations with an estimated weekly audience of 1.25 million listeners;

Whereas on September 28th, 2005, Mr. Bennett said on his radio program, “But I do know that it's true that if you wanted to reduce crime, you could, if that were your sole purpose, you could abort every black baby in this country, and your crime rate would go down.”; and

Whereas Mr. Bennett’s remarks are outrageous and blatantly racist: Now, therefore, be it

That the House of Representatives—

(1)

condemns the comments made by William J. Bennett on his radio program, Morning in America, as outrageous racism of the most bigoted and ignorant kind; and

(2)

condemns all manifestations and expressions of racism and ethnic intolerance.