[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 22 (Tuesday, February 5, 2019)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E129]
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                   OATH CEREMONY ON FEBRUARY 8, 2019

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                        HON. PETER J. VISCLOSKY

                               of indiana

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, February 5, 2019

  Mr. VISCLOSKY. Madam Speaker, it is with great pleasure and sincerity 
that I take this time to congratulate thirty individuals who will take 
their oaths of citizenship on February 8, 2019. This memorable occasion 
will be held at the United States Courthouse and Federal Building in 
Hammond, Indiana.
  America is a country founded by immigrants. From its beginning, 
settlers have come from countries around the world to the United States 
in search of better lives for their families. Oath ceremonies are a 
shining example of what is so great about the United States of 
America--that people from all over the world can come together and 
unite as members of a free, democratic nation. These individuals 
realize that nowhere else in the world offers a better opportunity for 
success than here in America.
  On February 8, 2019, the following people, representing many nations 
throughout the world, will take their oaths of citizenship in Hammond, 
Indiana: Mahmooda Mohammed, Alice Nyambura Ngatia, Nicholas Ngugi 
Kiraki, Barbara Lucio, Riste Trajanovski, Janette Magallanes, Tehmina 
Talib, Birute Arnold, Chantal Mutabazi, Ainka Faustina de Coteau, Ian 
Frederick Griffiths, Huy N. Huynh, Brenda Berenice Avila Rosales, 
Rodrigo Garcia, Elisabeth Navarro, Ristana Lazaroska, Elva Lucero 
Madrigal, Audrey Corinne Kaucoud Behinan, Chulida O'Donnell, Jose 
Efrain Aguilar, Sohaib Aleem, Moshe Michael Abudraham, Pablo Ernesto 
Bernaschina, Mayra Mercado-Estrada, Mary Teresa Duffy, Norma Lizeth 
Cruz, Adriana Bell, Faustin Kagesera, Marisol Bosio, and Hugh Gong.
  Although each individual has sought to become a citizen of the United 
States for his or her own reasons, be it for education, occupation, or 
to offer their loved ones better lives, each is inspired by the fact 
that the United States of America is, as Abraham Lincoln described it, 
a country ``. . . of the people, by the people, and for the people.'' 
They realize that the United States is truly a free nation. By seeking 
American citizenship, they have made the decision that they want to 
live in a place where, as guaranteed by the First Amendment of the 
Constitution, they can practice religion as they choose, speak their 
minds without fear of punishment, and assemble in peaceful protest 
should they choose to do so.
  Madam Speaker, I respectfully ask you and my other distinguished 
colleagues to join me in congratulating these individuals who will 
become citizens of the United States of America on February 8, 2019. 
They, too, are American citizens, guaranteed the inalienable rights to 
life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. We, as a free and 
democratic nation, congratulate them and welcome them.

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