Honorable Tammy Baldwin
United States Representative, Wisconsin, Democrat
Representative Baldwin, of the Second District of Wisconsin, was first elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1998. She served on the Dane County (Wisconsin) Board of Supervisors from 1986 to 1994 and in the Wisconsin Assembly from 1992 to 1998. She is a member of the Energy and Commerce Committee and the Judiciary Committee. The following is from the May 3, 2007, House floor debate on H.R. 1592, the Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act of 2007.The House today has a historic opportunity to expand upon the principles of equal rights and equal protection embodied in our…
