[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 52 (Tuesday, May 2, 2000)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E610]
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      IN RECOGNITION OF YOM HASHOAH--THE ANNUAL DAY OF REMEMBRANCE

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                         HON. E. CLAY SHAW, JR.

                               of florida

                    in the house of representatives

                          Tuesday, May 2, 2000

  Mr. SHAW. Mr. Speaker, I ask that this House, and indeed, our nation 
pause on this Yom Hashoah--the Day of Remembrance--to remember the Six 
Million Jewish Men, Women and Children who perished during the 
Holocaust in the last century. While there were many positive legacies 
of the twentieth century, the Holocaust stands out as one of the most 
negative, shameful legacies--a legacy that must never be forgotten.
  I believe it is appropriate to mark this first Yom Hashoah of the 
Twenty-first Century with appropriate recognition. As one of the 
statues that stands as a vigilant sentinel outside of the National 
Archives here in Washington, D.C. is inscribed ``What's Past is 
Prologue.'' Without our nation's efforts to ensure that this tragedy is 
remembered by remembering each of its victims, such a tragedy could 
happen again.
  Therefore, as Chairman of the Florida Congressional Delegation, I am 
proud to join Florida governor Jeb Bush is recognizing today, Tuesday, 
May 2, 2000, as a ``Day of Tolerance'' in our State. The promotion of 
tolerance for Florida citizens of all races, religions and ethnicities 
on this solemn day will be a small tribute to the memory of those 
Holocaust victims--victims of the Shoah--that are not here today to 
enjoy the dawn of this new century.

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