(AP) Sen. Susan Collins says she and Democratic Sen. Mazie Hirono of Hawaii have reached an agreement about the language of a proposal designed to stop hate crimes in the era of coronavirus.
The proposal is called the COVID-19 Hate Crimes Act. Hirono said the new language “will broaden support for the COVID-19 Hate Crimes Act while retaining the bill’s core purpose to combat anti-Asian hate.”
Collins and Hirono said the changes will boost bipartisan support for the proposal. The proposal states that there were more than 3,000 reported cases of anti-Asian discrimination related to the COVID-19 pandemic between March 19, 2020, and Feb. 28, 2021.
