[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 75 (Tuesday, May 8, 2007)]
[House]
[Page H4561]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
H.R. 1595, GUAM WORLD WAR II LOYALTY RECOGNITION ACT
(Ms. SOLIS asked and was given permission to address the House for 1
minute.)
Ms. SOLIS. Mr. Speaker, today we will consider the Guam World War II
Loyalty Recognition Act.
Two Federal commissions, one in 1947 and the other in 2004,
recommended to the Congress that the people of Guam have not been made
whole despite efforts to rehabilitate their lives and livelihoods that
were destroyed during Guam's occupation by Japanese Imperial Forces
during World War II.
Two Federal commissions have spoken about the atrocities of war they
lived through: beheadings by public executions, rapes and torture. Two
Federal commissions have underscored that the patriotism of the people
of Guam during their occupation was unquestionable. Two Federal
commissions recommended we make additional reparations to give them
justice and parity.
It is past time that Congress heeds the recommendations of both
Federal commissions to recognize their loyalty and patriotism. I urge
my colleagues today to vote in favor of H.R. 1595, the Guam World War
II Loyalty Act.
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