Choose from options: Determine if the sentence is true based on the text below:
Matthew Shepard is the reason for the new food bill

And it's important, Jim, not only -- not just because of Texas, but because this mirrors the national controversy. There is pending now in the Congress a national hate crimes law because of James Byrd, because of Matthew Shepard, who was crucified on a split rail fence by bigots, and because of others.
Choose from:
 (a). Yes.
 (b). It's impossible to say.
 (c). No.
(c).