[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 59 (Tuesday, May 12, 1998)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E832]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




    CELEBRATING THE 50TH CITIZENSHIP ANNIVERSARY OF EMERY GROSINGER

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                            HON. ZOE LOFGREN

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, May 12, 1998

  Ms. LOFGREN. Mr. Speaker, I am honored to make a special tribute to a 
proud American who is celebrating the 50th anniversary of his U.S. 
citizenship.
  Emery Grosinger came to our country more than 50 years ago as a young 
boy who had already endured a lifetime of hardship. Born in a part of 
eastern Europe that has passed back and forth between Romania and 
Hungary, Emery at the age of 10 was deported, separated from his 
family, and sent to concentration camps, including Auschwitz. He 
survived and came to the United States after World War II. He served in 
the Army, started a business, and raised a family.
  Mr. Grosinger is having a celebration for being an American for 50 
years. But all of us in America also need to celebrate his 50 years as 
our fellow American. His life and his passion for freedom and for 
justice are part of what makes our country great. How fortunate we are 
to live in a country that stands as a beacon of freedom for the world. 
How fortunate we are that America looks not to where you are from, but 
to what is in your heart and where you are going. People like Emery--
whose hearts led them to America and whose love for our country 
enlightens us all--give our country hope and a bright future.
  Mr. Grosinger loves America, and I am proud to extend to him my most 
heartfelt good wishes in honor of the 50th anniversary of his U.S. 
citizenship.

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