Full Committee Hearing

The Matthew Shepard Hate Crimes Prevention Act of 2009

Type: Full Committee Hearing

Date: Thursday, June 25th, 2009

Time: 10:00am

Location: Dirksen Senate Office Building Room 226

Presiding: Chairman Patrick Leahy

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Chairman Patrick Leahy

Democrat, Vermont

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Senator Jon Kyl

Republican, Arizona

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Senator Charles Schumer

Democrat, New York

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Senator Orrin Hatch

Republican, Utah

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Panel I

Eric H. Holder Jr.

Attorney General

U.S. Department of Justice

Washington, DC

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Panel II

Mark Achtemeier

Associate Professor of Systematic Theology

University of Dubuque Theological Seminary

Dubuque, IA

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Michael Lieberman

Washington Counsel, Anti-Defamation League

Co-Chair of the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights, Hate Crimes Task Force

Washington, DC

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Gail Heriot

Commissioner, United States Commission on Civil Rights, Professor of Law

University of California at San Diego

San Diego, CA

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Janet Langhart Cohen

Chevy Chase, MD

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Brian Walsh

Senior Legal Research Fellow, Center for Legal and Judicial Studies

The Heritage Foundation

Washington, DC

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