[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 84 (Tuesday, June 17, 1997)]
[House]
[Page H3830]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                     FILIPINO VETERANS JUSTICE ACT

  (Mr. FILNER asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. FILNER. Mr. Speaker, I come before my colleagues in a 1-minute 
because at this very minute in Los Angeles, 40 Filipino Americans who 
are veterans of World War II are conducting a sit-in. They have chained 
themselves to the statue of Douglas MacArthur. Several have said they 
will not eat until this Congress passes the Filipino Veterans Equity 
Act.
  This act is designed to restore justice after more than 50 years of 
an injustice to the Filipinos who fought so valiantly in World War II. 
They were promised full benefits as veterans. They were denied that by 
the Congress of 1946. Let us support those Filipino Americans who are 
chained in MacArthur Park in Los Angeles. Let this Congress vote to 
restore justice to those brave veterans of World War II. Let us take up 
and pass Filipino Veterans Equity Act of 1997.

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