Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr., Hate Crimes Prevention Act - Obama Presidency Oral History Back Index / Policies Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr., Hate Crimes Prevention Act Transcripts Carol Browner ...Barbour, [Charles “Charlie” J.] Crist [ Jr. ] in Florida. He, I think, absolutel... Steven Chu ...This was [Andrew] Lamar Alexander [ Jr. ], Lisa [A.] Murkowski, Dianne [G.... ...and Jeff [Jesse F.] Bingaman [ Jr. ] . All of them great people. I go... ...maybe with [James “Jimmy” E.] Carter [ Jr. ], maybe before or after, they starte... ...depends. If [Joseph “Joe” R.] Biden [ Jr. ] gets elected, I think he will d... ...with [James “Jimmy” E.] Carter [ Jr. ] to keep track of fossil fue... ...the smart grid? Joe [Joseph R.] Biden [ Jr. ] connected to this somehow, ... Show more... Christy Goldfuss ...President [James “Jimmy” E.] Carter [ Jr. ], because he protected so much o... ...[Joseph “Joe” R.] Biden [ Jr. ] comes in, a lot of that is still i... ...great it was when Al [Albert A.] Gore [ Jr. ] was campaigning to be presiden... Katie Fallon ...with [A. Mitchell “Mitch”] McConnell [ Jr. ] 's lead, Hazen Marshall. So, it wa... Joe Solmonese ...determined that it would be called the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act, whic... ...Brown, and [Robert Patrick] Bob Casey [ Jr. ]. And started to introduce names t... ...during the House deliberation on the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Protection Act—and ... ...so we had passed the hate crimes bill [ Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act], and w... ...Brown, and Bob [Robert Patrick] Casey [ Jr. ]. Amy Klobuchar, Sherrod Brown, an... ...little bit in time to prioritizing the Hate Crimes Prevention Act upon President Obama's election, yo... ...and how [Joseph Robinette] Biden [ Jr. ] got a little bit out in front of hi... Show more... Penny Pritzker ...like General [James L.] Jones [ Jr. ] and others, that he was working wit... Susan Sher ...historian, Timuel [D.] Black [ Jr. ], who would be on the bus an... ...President [Joseph “Joe” R.] Biden [ Jr. ], had worked for him in the Senate... David Axelrod ...And Hillary, [Joseph “Joe” R.] Biden [ Jr. ], everybody, jumped on him and sai... ...him, Hillary, [Joseph “Joe” R.] Biden [ Jr. ], Chris Dodd. They all jumped on him... Load more Transcripts Related Topics go to the Arts and Humanities Arts and Humanities go to the Transparency and Media Transparency and Media go to the Labor Labor go to the Hawaii Hawaii go to the Nuclear Nonproliferation Nuclear Nonproliferation