[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 60 (Thursday, April 23, 2009)]
[Senate]
[Page S4604]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                     HOLOCAUST DAYS OF REMEMBRANCE

  Mr. McCONNELL. Madam President, later this morning, President Obama 
will speak at a Days of Remembrance ceremony here in the Capitol 
Rotunda--an annual event that was established by Congress as a living 
memorial to the victims of the Holocaust. Throughout the week, 
Louisville, Lexington, and other communities in Kentucky and the Nation 
have held events to commemorate this solemn occasion.
  As we remember the terrible sufferings of the Jewish people and all 
others who have suffered and who continue to suffer at the hands of 
hatred and intolerance, we spread one of the most enduring lessons of 
the Holocaust--that evil exists in the world and it is the 
responsibility of free and just nations to protect the innocent by 
speaking for all those who cannot speak for themselves.
  The theme of the 2009 Days of Remembrance is ``Never Again: What You 
Do Matters.'' Those words should serve as a reminder to all of us that 
anti-Semitism and other forms of religious hatred are as real today as 
they were in the middle of the last century and that the best way to 
honor the victims of the Holocaust is for us to work toward building a 
more hopeful and a more peaceful world.
  I yield the floor.

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