[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 17 (Monday, January 27, 2020)]
[House]
[Pages H540-H547]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                       NEVER AGAIN EDUCATION ACT

  Mr. NORCROSS. Madam Speaker, I move to suspend the rules and pass the 
bill (H.R. 943) to authorize the Secretary of Education to award grants 
to eligible entities to carry out educational programs about the 
Holocaust, and for other purposes, as amended.
  The Clerk read the title of the bill.
  The text of the bill is as follows:

                                H.R. 943

       Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 
     the United States of America in Congress assembled,

     SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

       This Act may be cited as the ``Never Again Education Act''.

     SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

       The Congress finds the following:
       (1) The United States has demonstrated a commitment to 
     remembrance and education about the Holocaust through 
     bilateral relationships and engagement in international 
     organizations such as the United Nations and the 
     International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance; the United 
     States works to promote Holocaust education as a means to 
     understand the importance of democratic principles, use and 
     abuse of power, and to raise awareness about the importance 
     of genocide prevention today.
       (2) The Congress has played a critical role in preserving 
     the memory of the Holocaust and promoting awareness, 
     including by authorizing the United States Holocaust Memorial 
     Museum as an independent establishment of the Federal 
     Government to ensure that ``the study of the Holocaust become 
     part of the curriculum in every school system in the 
     country'', as well as by establishing a national Holocaust 
     Remembrance Day in 1978.
       (3) 75 years after the conclusion of World War II, with the 
     decreasing number of eyewitnesses and growing distance of 
     students and their families from this history, it is 
     important to institutionalize education about the events of 
     the Holocaust such as the German Nazis' racist ideology, 
     propaganda, and plan to lead a state to war and, with their 
     collaborators, kill millions--including the systematic murder 
     of 6,000,000 Jewish people; as well as the persecution and 
     murder of millions of others in the name of racial purity, 
     political, ideological, and behavioral grounds, among them 
     Roma, the disabled, the Slavs, Communists, Socialists, 
     Jehovah's Witnesses, and homosexuals.
       (4) As intolerance, antisemitism, and bigotry are promoted 
     by hate groups, Holocaust education provides a context in 
     which to learn about the danger of what can happen when hate 
     goes unchallenged and there is indifference in the face of 
     the oppression of others; learning how and why the Holocaust 
     happened is an important component of the education of 
     citizens of the United States.
       (5) Today, those who deny that the Holocaust occurred or 
     distort the true nature of the Holocaust continue to find 
     forums, especially online; this denial and distortion 
     dishonors those who were persecuted, and murdered, making it 
     even more of a national imperative to educate students in the 
     United States so that they may explore the lessons that the 
     Holocaust provides for all people, sensitize communities to 
     the circumstances that gave rise to the Holocaust, and help 
     youth be less susceptible to the falsehood of Holocaust 
     denial and distortion and to the destructive messages of hate 
     that arise from Holocaust denial and distortion.
       (6) Currently, 12 States (California, Connecticut, Florida, 
     Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, New Jersey, New York, 
     Oregon, Pennsylvania, and Rhode Island) require by law that 
     schools teach students about the Holocaust; more schools and 
     teachers, including those in underserved communities, can and 
     should deliver quality Holocaust education.

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       (7) For more than 30 years, the United States Holocaust 
     Memorial Museum has worked to build and support the field of 
     Holocaust education, and advance the quality and 
     sustainability of Holocaust education at the local, State, 
     and national levels, by engaging teachers and students across 
     disciplines and grade levels.
       (8) The Federal Government, through support for educational 
     activities of national museums established under Federal law, 
     can assist teachers in efforts to incorporate historically 
     accurate instruction on human rights atrocities, including 
     the Holocaust, in curricula.

     SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.

       In this Act:
       (1) Antisemitism.--The term ``antisemitism'' means a 
     certain perception of Jews, which may be expressed as hatred 
     toward Jews. Rhetorical and physical manifestations of 
     antisemitism are directed toward Jewish or non-Jewish 
     individuals or their property, toward Jewish community 
     institutions and religious facilities.
       (2) Director.--The term ``Director'' means the Director of 
     the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum,
       (3) Eligible program participant.--The term ``eligible 
     program participant'' means--
       (A) a high school teacher, a teacher of one of the middle 
     grades, or a school leader of a high school or a school that 
     includes one of the middle grades (as such terms are defined 
     in section 8101 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act 
     of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801));
       (B) an educational leader or expert who is not employed by 
     a local educational agency (as defined in section 8101 of the 
     Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
     7801)) or an elementary school or secondary school (as such 
     terms are so defined) that is independent of any local 
     educational agency; or
       (C) a prospective teacher enrolled in a program of 
     postsecondary education coursework or preservice clinical 
     education.
       (4) Holocaust.--The term ``the Holocaust'' means the 
     systematic, bureaucratic, state-sponsored persecution and 
     murder of 6,000,000 Jews by the Nazi regime and its allies 
     and collaborators. During the era of the Holocaust, German 
     authorities also targeted other groups because of their 
     perceived ``racial inferiority'', such as Roma, the disabled, 
     and Slavs. Other groups were persecuted on political, 
     ideological, and behavioral grounds, among them Communists, 
     Socialists, Jehovah's Witnesses, and homosexuals.
       (5) Holocaust denial and distortion.--The term ``Holocaust 
     denial and distortion'' means discourse and propaganda that 
     deny the historical reality and the extent of the 
     extermination of the Jews by the Nazis and their accomplices 
     during World War II, known as the Holocaust. Holocaust denial 
     refers specifically to any attempt to claim that the 
     Holocaust did not take place. Holocaust distortion refers to 
     efforts to excuse or minimize the events of the Holocaust or 
     its principal elements, including collaborators and allies of 
     Nazi Germany, to blame the Jews for causing their own 
     genocide, or to portray the Holocaust as a positive 
     historical event.
       (6) Holocaust education center.--The term ``Holocaust 
     education center'' means an institution that furthers the 
     teaching and learning about the Holocaust by offering 
     programs for students and training for teachers and other 
     types of professional leadership audiences.
       (7) Holocaust education program.--The term ``Holocaust 
     education program'' means a program that has as its specific 
     and primary purpose to improve awareness and understanding of 
     the Holocaust and educate individuals on the lessons of the 
     Holocaust as a means to raise awareness about the importance 
     of preventing genocide, hate, and bigotry against any group 
     of people.

     SEC. 4. PROGRAM AUTHORIZED.

       (a) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized 
     to be appropriated to carry out this Act $2,000,000 for 
     fiscal year 2021 and each of the 4 succeeding fiscal years.
       (b) Donations, Gifts, Bequests, and Devises of Property.--
     In accordance with chapter 23 of title 36, United States 
     Code, and in furtherance of the purposes of this Act, the 
     Director is authorized to solicit, accept, hold, administer, 
     invest, and use donated funds and gifts, bequests, and 
     devises of property, both real and personal.
       (c) Use of Funds.--The Director, using funds appropriated 
     under subsection (a) and resources received under subsection 
     (b), and including through the engagement of eligible program 
     participants as appropriate--
       (1) shall develop and nationally disseminate accurate, 
     relevant, and accessible resources to promote understanding 
     about how and why the Holocaust happened, which shall include 
     digital resources and may include other types of resources, 
     such as print resources and traveling exhibitions; and
       (2) may carry out one or more of the following Holocaust 
     education program activities:
       (A) Development, dissemination, and implementation of 
     principles of sound pedagogy for teaching about the 
     Holocaust.
       (B) Provision of professional development for eligible 
     program participants, such as through--
       (i) local, regional, and national workshops;
       (ii) teacher trainings in conjunction with Holocaust 
     education centers and other appropriate partners;
       (iii) engagement with--

       (I) local educational agencies (as defined in section 8101 
     of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 
     U.S.C. 21 7801)); and
       (II) high schools and schools that include one of the 
     middle grades (as so defined) that are independent of any 
     local educational agency; and

       (iv) operation and expansion of a teacher fellowship 
     program to cultivate and support leaders in Holocaust 
     education.
       (C) Engagement with State and local education leaders to 
     encourage the adoption of resources supported under this Act 
     into curricula across diverse disciplines.
       (D) Evaluation and research to assess the effectiveness and 
     impact of Holocaust education programs, which may include 
     completion of the report required under section 8.
       (d) Applications.--The Director may seek the engagement of 
     an eligible program participant under subsection (c) by 
     requiring submission of an application to the Director at 
     such time, in such manner, and based on such competitive 
     criteria as the Director may require.

     SEC. 5. ONLINE HOLOCAUST EDUCATION RESOURCES.

       (a) Website.--The Director shall maintain on the website of 
     the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum a special section 
     designated for Holocaust education resources to improve 
     awareness and understanding of the Holocaust and educate 
     individuals on the lessons of the Holocaust as a means to 
     raise awareness about the importance of preventing genocide, 
     hate, and bigotry against any group of people. The website 
     and resources shall be made publically available.
       (b) Information Distribution.--The Director shall 
     distribute information about the activities funded under this 
     Act through the website of the United States Holocaust 
     Memorial Museum, and shall respond to inquiries for 
     supplementary information concerning such activities.
       (c) Best Practices.--The information distributed by the 
     Director shall include best practices for educators.

     SEC. 6. UNITED STATES HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL COUNCIL.

       The United States Holocaust Memorial Council established 
     under section 2302 of title 36, United States Code, shall 
     have governance responsibility for the programs and 
     activities carried out under this Act in accordance with 
     chapter 23 of title 36, United States Code.

     SEC. 7. ENGAGEMENT OF ELIGIBLE PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS.

       (a) In General.--An eligible program participant shall be 
     engaged at the discretion of the Director to participate in 
     Holocaust education program activities authorized under this 
     Act and approved by the Director pursuant to an application 
     described in section 4(d).
       (b) Engagement Period.--Engagement of eligible program 
     participants under this Act shall be for a period determined 
     by the Director.
       (c) Priority.--In engaging eligible program participants 
     under section 4, the Director shall give priority to 
     applications from such participants who work for or with a 
     local educational agency, or a school that is independent of 
     any local educational agency, that does not, at the time 
     application is made, offer any Holocaust education 
     programming.

     SEC. 8. ANNUAL REPORT.

       Not later than February 1 of each year, the Director shall 
     submit to the Congress a report describing the activities 
     carried out under this Act.

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to the rule, the gentleman from New 
Jersey (Mr. Norcross) and the gentlewoman from New York (Ms. Stefanik) 
each will control 20 minutes.
  The Chair recognizes the gentleman from New Jersey.


                             General Leave

  Mr. NORCROSS. Madam Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that all Members 
may have 5 legislative days in which to revise and extend their remarks 
and insert extraneous materials on H.R. 943, the Never Again Education 
Act.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the 
gentleman from New Jersey?
  There was no objection.
  Mr. NORCROSS. Madam Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may 
consume.
  Madam Speaker, I rise today on International Holocaust Remembrance 
Day in support of H.R. 943, the Never Again Education Act, introduced 
by my colleague, Carolyn Maloney, chairwoman of the House Committee on 
Oversight and Reform.
  The Never Again Education Act will help ensure the atrocities of the 
Holocaust are never repeated. It will authorize $10 million over 5 
years for a new program to help teach the Holocaust in schools. The 
program will be run by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, 
which will develop curricula, train teachers, and partner with local 
organizations to promote Holocaust education.

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  The Holocaust was the systematic and state-sponsored persecution and 
murder of 6 million Jews and an additional 5 million others who the 
Nazis deemed inferior. Yet, while it might seem hard for the older 
generations to believe, many younger Americans today do not know the 
basic facts about the Holocaust.
  A new study from the Pew Research Center found that half of Americans 
know that 6 million Jews were killed in the Holocaust. The research 
found that education and trips to Holocaust museums directly impact 
respondents' knowledge. The figures highlight the need for greater 
Holocaust education in America.
  Today, anti-Semitism is on the rise. I hosted an event last week with 
leaders of the Jewish community and law enforcement. They talked about 
their security concerns, and they made a pledge to stand up for others 
by challenging bigotry in any form.
  We must speak out against hate and educate one another to prevent and 
stop the rise of anti-Semitism.
  Soon, younger generations will not be able to hear from Holocaust 
survivors, as we have firsthand. They will depend on their schools and 
their teachers to learn the facts.
  We were recently in Belgium on a trip led by Speaker Pelosi to 
commemorate the 75th anniversary of the Battle of the Bulge, where over 
19,000 Americans were killed in that battle, joining with the Allies to 
fight against hate and evil.
  We won, and after World War II, we said, ``Never again.'' But we 
realize this struggle continues, and it is very real today.
  On the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, I urge my 
fellow Members to support the Never Again Education Act and keep the 
lessons of the Holocaust alive.
  Madam Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.
  Ms. STEFANIK. Madam Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may 
consume.
  Madam Speaker, today, we honor International Holocaust Remembrance 
Day and commemorate the 75th anniversary of the liberation of the 
Auschwitz concentration camp.
  Today, an Auschwitz survivor from my district, Vladimir Munk from 
Plattsburgh, returned to Auschwitz after surviving the atrocities 
there.
  We remember the Holocaust, the 6 million Jewish victims, and the many 
others who experienced the very worst of humanity, knowing that it is 
our duty to tell their stories and speak their names so that such 
depravity never again touches mankind.
  Sadly, the hate and anti-Semitism that fueled the horrors of the 
Holocaust has not been extinguished from all corners of the globe or 
driven out of every heart.
  In recent months, we have seen a startling rise in anti-Semitism and 
vicious high-profile attacks on Jewish life across the country, tearing 
at the very fabric of our society.
  It has been little over a year since the massacre at the Tree of Life 
synagogue in Pittsburgh, which was the deadliest attack on Jewish life 
in our Nation's history.
  Just last month, a Beverly Hills synagogue was vandalized, a machete-
wielding assailant terrorized a Hanukkah celebration in my home State 
of New York, and a gunman targeted a kosher grocery store in Jersey 
City.
  As we condemn these horrific acts, we must also ensure that our 
children understand the dangers of rising anti-Semitism and that they 
recognize its history.
  Yet, as the number of living Holocaust survivors and eyewitnesses 
continues to decline, studies show that the Holocaust is fading from 
public memory. By educating students about the horrors of the 
Holocaust, we can take proactive measures to reject the hate and 
bigotry that is fueling this dangerous trend.
  I am proud to be leading H.R. 943, the Never Again Education Act, 
with my colleague from New York, Carolyn Maloney, as this legislation 
could not come at a more crucial time.
  Our bipartisan bill, which has nearly 300 cosponsors in the House, 
will provide teachers throughout the country with the resources and 
training they need to teach our children the important lessons of the 
Holocaust and the consequences of intolerance and hate. It will amplify 
the important work being done by the United States Holocaust Memorial 
Museum, leveraging a combination of public and private funds to develop 
and disseminate high-quality Holocaust education resources, which can 
then be adopted by our local schools and included in their curriculum.
  This bill has the support of more than 1,800 Holocaust survivors from 
38 States, nearly every State with living Holocaust survivors, as well 
as 350 organizations from all across the country.
  Its consideration today is the result of passionate advocacy from its 
supporters and the bipartisan efforts from the Education and Labor 
Committee.
  Madam Speaker, I strongly encourage all of my colleagues to vote 
``yes'' on H.R. 943, the Never Again Education Act, and I reserve the 
balance of my time.
  Mr. NORCROSS. Madam Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from 
Virginia (Mr. Scott), the chairman of the Education and Labor 
Committee.
  Mr. SCOTT of Virginia. Madam Speaker, I thank the gentleman for 
yielding.
  Madam Speaker, I rise in support of H.R. 943, the Never Again 
Education Act.
  With each passing year, there are fewer and fewer people who can 
provide firsthand accounts of the horrors of the Holocaust. We have a 
responsibility to ensure that the lessons of the Holocaust are not 
forgotten.
  As Elie Wiesel once said: ``Wherever men and women are persecuted 
because of their race, religion, or political views, that place must, 
at that moment, become the center of the universe.''
  This legislation creates a grant program to fund Holocaust education 
programs across the country.
  As we confront a disturbing rise of anti-Jewish bigotry and acts of 
hate, let us invest in the minds of young people to understand the 
destructive powers of intolerance and how to use that knowledge to 
embrace understanding and insight.
  Madam Speaker, I thank Chairwoman Maloney, Mr. Bacon, Mr. Norcross, 
and Ms. Stefanik for their leadership, and I encourage my colleagues to 
support the bill.
  Ms. STEFANIK. Madam Speaker, I yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from 
Nebraska (Mr. Bacon).
  Mr. BACON. Madam Speaker, I rise today in support of the Never Again 
Education Act.
  Madam Speaker, I recognize Congresswoman Maloney for her decades of 
leadership on this issue, as well as Congresswoman Stefanik, who served 
as co-leads on this effort.
  Today, we have 300 of our Members cosponsoring this bill, compared to 
only 53 Members in the last Congress, and it took the leadership of 
many to make today a reality.
  Madam Speaker, I also thank the Nebraska State Education Association 
for raising awareness of this bill to their counterparts at the 
National Education Association. We appreciate their efforts to secure 
the NEA endorsement.
  As we remember the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz 
and other Nazi death camps, we must pledge to each other and ourselves 
to never forget the victims and the lessons learned.
  This cannot be a partisan issue. We must remember that the fight 
against anti-Semitism is an American endeavor and does not belong to 
Republicans or Democrats. Stamping out this evil is an endeavor for all 
humanity. If we allow it to become the agenda of just a single party or 
to be used as a partisan weapon, then we will provide the fertile 
ground for the growth of this evil.
  Anti-Semitism and all of its manifestations are plain evil, and the 
Holocaust illustrates the ultimate and horrible endpoint of where 
hatred leads.
  As the firsthand witnesses of these crimes pass away, it becomes 
incumbent upon us to ensure that they are never forgotten and that 
their pain and suffering never become just a footnote in history.
  In addition, the eyes of future generations are upon us, and this 
legislation is needed now more than ever. According to recent studies, 
nearly half of our millennials are unaware that 6 million Jews were 
murdered, and two-thirds of American millennials surveyed were not 
familiar with Auschwitz. Another statistic shows that over

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60 percent of religious hate crimes are anti-Semitic in nature.
  Our schools need the resources that this bill provides, and education 
is one of our strongest tools against anti-Semitism. This bill is 
especially important considering the increase in anti-Semitic attacks 
both in this country and around the world.
  Even in my home State, we have seen this evil. Most recently, the 
South Street Temple in Lincoln, Nebraska, was the target of anti-
Semitic vandalism, and last November, the Temple Israel Cemetery in 
Omaha was desecrated. The cemetery attack also happened near Veterans 
Day, which, unfortunately, provided a dark reminder that the cause of 
defending freedom and combating hate never rests and that this is a 
cause that we all share the responsibility for, to fight.
  When liberating the camps, General Eisenhower brought journalists, 
government officials, and military personnel to the camps, as he 
believed ``the evidence should be immediately placed before the 
American and British publics in a fashion that would leave no room for 
cynical doubt.''
  Today, we continue that legacy. Our work today is a continuation of 
what General Eisenhower wanted. Today, we continue that legacy to 
ensure that this will never happen again, and we do this partially 
through education.
  We never forget so that ``never again'' will be the reality.
  Mr. NORCROSS. Madam Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the gentlewoman from 
California (Ms. Pelosi), the Speaker of the House.
  Ms. PELOSI. Madam Speaker, I thank the gentleman for yielding and for 
his leadership in bringing this important bipartisan legislation to the 
floor. I thank Congresswoman Maloney for her relentless advocacy in 
this regard.
  Madam Speaker, I rise to join my colleagues on this International 
Holocaust Remembrance Day in support of the Never Again Education Act, 
strong, bipartisan legislation to ensure that ``never again'' are 
simply not words but a solemn, sacred pledge to be fulfilled with 
action.
  Madam Speaker, I salute Carolyn Maloney, a longstanding leader in 
this effort to educate the next generation about the Holocaust. I also 
thank Chairman  Bobby Scott for his leadership in this regard and for 
his cooperation in bringing this to the floor.

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  I thank all of our Members who have worked on this overwhelmingly 
bipartisan effort reflecting the strong bipartisan commitment of this 
entire Congress to standing with the Jewish community and allies to 
ensure Holocaust education remains front and center in our schools.
  Last week, I had the great and solemn honor of leading a bipartisan 
congressional delegation to Poland and Israel to mark the 75th 
anniversary since the liberation of Auschwitz. I see two of our 
colleagues who were on the trip, Mr. Deutch and Mr. Schneider, who 
brought so much to that delegation. Both of them serve on the board of 
the Holocaust Memorial Museum.
  At Auschwitz, we walked on grounds scarred by an almost unspeakable 
evil, where more than 1 million innocents were murdered. I was 
especially affected because--as my colleagues have heard me say--of 
what my father said on the House floor on March 2, 1943.
  Madam Speaker, I am quoting from the Congressional Record.
  On that day, my father said: ``Action not pity can save millions 
now--extinction or hope for the remnants of European Jewry?--it is for 
us to give the answer.'' He was pleading for Soviet Jews in the midst 
of the Holocaust.
  He said: ``Daily, hourly, the greatest crime of all time is being 
committed. A defenseless and innocent people is being slaughtered in a 
wholesale massacre of millions. What is more tragic--they are dying for 
no reason or purpose.''
  He went on to say: ``It is a satanic program beyond the grasp of the 
decent human mind. Yet, it is being carried out. Already 2 million of 
the Jews in German-occupied Europe have been murdered. The evidence is 
in the files of our own State Department.''
  He went on to say, toward the end of his remarks--by the way, my 
father is Thomas D'Alesandro, Jr., a Member of Congress from Baltimore, 
Maryland, a strong advocate for calling to public attention the plight 
of Jews in Europe, as well as advocating for the State of Israel to be 
established in Palestine earlier on than our country had gone forth.
  He did say, though, that: ``We will spare no efforts and have no rest 
until the American public will be fully informed of the facts and 
aroused to its responsibilities.''
  He then said: ``We believe in the overwhelming power of public 
opinion as the greatest, if not the only, power in democracy.''
  He went on to say: ``If people knew, then something would be 
different.''
  Madam Speaker, I ask that my father's full statement be included in 
the Record because this is what he said on the floor of the House all 
those many years ago.

  [Rep. Thomas D'Alesandro: Speech in Congressional Record on Israel, 
                        Tuesday, March 2, 1943]

                     Establishment of a Jewish Army

       Hon. Thomas D'Alesandro, Jr. of Maryland in the House of 
     Representatives
       Mr. D'Alesandro: Mr. Speaker, on February 8, 1943, there 
     appeared a full-page advertisement in the New York Times, 
     placed by the Committee for a Jewish Army of Stateless and 
     Palestinian Jews, of which I have the privilege of being a 
     member. This ad calls for action, not pity, toward stopping 
     the wholesale slaughter of the Jewish people in Europe. I am 
     in total agreement with my fellow members of the committee 
     that too much has been said and too little done.
       Under leave to extend my remarks in the Record, I include 
     the text of the advertisement so that it may become part of 
     the permanent record:
       Action, not pity, can save millions now--extinction or hope 
     for the remnants of European Jewry?--it is for us to give the 
     answer.
       Daily, hourly, the greatest crime of all time is being 
     committed. A defenseless and innocent people is being 
     slaughtered in a wholesale massacre of millions. What is more 
     tragic--they are dying for no reason or purpose.
       The Jewish people in Europe is not just another victim in 
     the array of other peoples that fell prey to Hitler's 
     aggression. The Jews have been singled out not to be 
     conquered, but to be exterminated. To them Hitler has 
     promised--and is bringing--death.
       It is a satanic program beyond the grasp of the decent 
     human mind. Yet it is being carried out. Already 2,000,000 of 
     the Jews in German-occupied Europe have been murdered. The 
     evidence is in the files of our own State Department.
       The Germans dared to undertake this process of annihilation 
     because they know that the Jews are defenseless; that the 
     Jews are forgotten and deserted even by the democratic 
     powers.
       The Germans believe that the United Nations, indoctrinated 
     by 20 years of anti-Jewish propaganda are to a great extent 
     apathetic and indifferent to the sufferings of the Jews. They 
     believe that for crimes committed against the Jews no 
     retaliation on behalf of the governments or armed forces of 
     the United Nations will be carried out. They know that there 
     is no instrument of power and force on this earth with which 
     the Jews can fight back to avenge their dead and save the 
     remaining millions.
       Of what avail are the statements of sympathy and pity and 
     promises of punishment after the war. Since the perpetrators 
     of these slaughters are to be punished for the murders they 
     have already committed then they can kill no more by further 
     murder.
       Such mere statements of sympathy and pity are to the 
     Germans proof that their judgement of democracy's attitude 
     toward the Jews is justified and in their criminal minds they 
     understand them as ``carte blanche'' to go on with the 
     slaughter.
       What can be done?
       What is necessary is to impress the Germans that the 
     governments of the United Nations have decided to change 
     their present policy of passive sympathy and pity to one of 
     stern and immediate action; that they consider the cessation 
     of atrocities against the Jews are an immediate aim of their 
     military and political operations. Under this premise 
     vigorous United Nations' intervention to save European Jewry 
     would become a matter of course. Exactly as it would be if it 
     were American or British civilians who were being killed in a 
     systematic campaign by the Nazis, the whole of the forces of 
     these great democracies would be utilized to find an 
     immediate and effective solution.
       The inauguration of such a new policy on behalf of the 
     United Nations would logically result in enabling all those 
     Jews who have managed to escape the European-German hell to 
     fight back. The first dictate therefore, would be the 
     immediate approval of the demand for a Jewish army of the 
     stateless and Palestinian Jews--an army 200,000 strong.
       Suicide squads of the Jewish army would engage in desperate 
     commando raids deep into the heart of Germany. Jewish pilots 
     would bomb German cities in reprisal.
       A Jewish army would imply a call to arms of all stateless 
     Jews living in North Africa so that they may participate in 
     the imminent invasion of the European continent.
       A Jewish army would immediately give a decisive moral 
     relief to the agonized Jews of

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     Europe. Their psychology of despair and helplessness would be 
     transformed into one of hope for revenge and survival. A 
     Jewish army will give a meaning to their sufferings--to their 
     death.
       They will then realize that they cease being helpless 
     victims and become partners in the global struggle for a 
     better world, in which their survivors will live in freedom 
     and equality as all other human beings.
       The Jews of Palestine and the stateless Jews want to fight 
     as Jews. They want to prove to Hitler and to the world that 
     the Jews can be more than ``the persecuted people''--that 
     Jews can die in other ways than through murder. They want the 
     right to fight for the world's freedom, under their own 
     banner.
       To die, if needs be, but to die fighting.
       Of course, these are not all the practical proposals which 
     the human mind is capable of conceiving. It is unfair to ask 
     for a single solution to such a disastrous problem. What we 
     must realize is that it is our duty not to resign ourselves 
     to the idea that our brains are powerless to find any 
     solution; not to resign ourselves to the idea that the forces 
     of democracy are too weak to enforce such a solution.
       Remember when a few thousand British soldiers were put in 
     chains by the Germans? How swift the retaliation? And how 
     practical.
       The Germans chained no more British soldiers.
       Remember when a tiny town in Czechoslovakia was horribly 
     ``punished''? How swift the hurricane of world indignation 
     that answered.
       There have been no more Lidices.
       Remember when small and encircled Sweden opposed vigorously 
     and stubbornly the expulsion of Norwegian Jews. The Germans 
     abandoned their plans.
       The Jews of Norway are still there.
       The American sense of justice and decency and American 
     ingenuity must also find ways to overpower the diabolical 
     plan to exterminate the Jewish people. It must find a way 
     now, before millions more perish.
       It is, therefore, our primordial demand that an 
     intergovernmental commission of military experts be appointed 
     with the task of elaborating ways and means to stop the 
     wholesale slaughter of the Jews in Europe. This must be done 
     now, before the greatest homicidal maniac extends his policy 
     of extermination to other peoples; before he dares 
     introducing poison gas and bacteriological warfare.
       Remember that for years the Germans rehearsed on the Jews 
     what they later practiced on other peoples. Therefore, we 
     have decided to launch an all-out campaign to save European 
     Jewry. We will spare no efforts and have no rest until the 
     American public will be fully informed of the facts and 
     aroused to its responsibilities.
       We believe in the overwhelming power of public opinion as 
     the greatest, if not the only, power in democracy. 
     Governments in democratic countries like the United States 
     and Great Britain can act only when they feel sure that they 
     are backed by a powerful movement of public opinion. We plead 
     with everyone to help and to cooperate in this sacred 
     campaign we have launched. Join in this fight, write to your 
     Congressmen, contribute to our work, so that this message may 
     be carried to every city and hamlet in the United States as 
     is being done in Great Britain. You are part of the 
     collective conscience of America; this conscience has never 
     been found wanting.

  Ms. PELOSI. Madam Speaker, after Auschwitz, our delegation then 
traveled to Yad Vashem where we mourned the loss of--believe this--1.5 
million little children, killed in this most evil of atrocities.
  Before we left Washington, in Krakow, Poland, and throughout the time 
in Israel, we were blessed to meet with and hear the testimony of 
survivors. Their message to us was this: ``Never forget.''
  As Elie Wiesel, one of the most important voices of conscience that 
has ever lived said: ``If we forget, the dead will be killed a second 
time. If forget, we are guilty, we are accomplices. The rejection of 
memory . . . would doom us to repeat past disasters, past wars.''
  ``Remembering the Holocaust, Fighting Anti-Semitism,'' that was the 
theme of the Yad Vashem observance. It is the charge that we carry with 
us.
  We must always remember the horrors of the Holocaust, particularly 
now as the forces of evil that led to the Shoah, are reawakening, and, 
therefore, we must not only remember the Holocaust, but fight anti-
Semitism.
  Today, around the world, an epidemic of anti-Semitism and bigotry is 
spreading with appalling hate crimes being perpetrated everywhere from 
supermarkets to synagogues. Disturbingly, we have seen a surge of anti-
Semitic attacks here in America.
  230 years ago, President George Washington, under whose gaze we stand 
today, our patriarch, wrote to the Jewish community that our Nation 
would ``give to bigotry no sanction, to persecution, no assistance.''
  Yet, from New York, to California, to Pittsburgh innocents are being 
attacked and lives are being brutally threatened, and too often, 
bigotry and persecution have been allowed to fester. More needs to be 
done.
  Last spring, the House proudly passed H. Res. 183, which condemns 
anti-Semitism ``. . . as hateful expressions of intolerance that are 
contradictory to the values that define the people of the United 
States.'' And soon after, we passed legislation to secure Jewish places 
of worship, which is now law.
  Today, with this legislation, the House is taking another step to 
fulfill our pledge of: ``Never again'' thanks to all of our Members.
  This legislation authorizes funding for the U.S. Holocaust Memorial 
Museum to support and strengthen their efforts to develop accurate, 
relevant, and accessible resources; to promote understanding about the 
Shoah, and the dangers of intolerance in our time.
  We must educate the world about the dangers of what can happen when 
hate goes unchallenged, and when oppression is met with indifference.
  Some of us were there the day the Holocaust Memorial Museum was 
dedicated. Elie Wiesel spoke so powerfully that rainy day, and years 
later, I was honored to return to the museum to speak at Elie's 
memorial service.
  Inside the Holocaust Memorial Museum in the Hall of Remembrance 
before the eternal flame, the words of Deuteronomy are inscribed in 
stone. It says: ``Only guard yourself and guard your soul carefully, 
lest you forget the things your eyes saw, and lest these things depart 
your heart all the days of your life, and you shall make them known to 
your children, and your children's children.''
  With this legislation, we pledge to keep alive the memory of the 
Shoah so that we can fulfill the promise: ``Never again.''
  I anticipate an overwhelming, unanimous vote in support of this 
bipartisan legislation, and I thank my colleagues for their leadership 
on both sides of the aisle for making that victory possible.
  Ms. STEFANIK. Madam Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from 
Ohio (Mr. Joyce).
  Mr. JOYCE of Ohio. Madam Speaker, I thank Congresswoman Stefanik and 
my colleagues on the other side of the aisle for bringing this 
important legislation to the floor.
  Madam Speaker, I rise today on the 75th anniversary of the liberation 
of Auschwitz in support of H.R. 943, the Never Again Education Act.
  I am proud to be a cosponsor of this bipartisan bill, to give schools 
and teachers across the United States the resources needed to 
incorporate Holocaust education into their classrooms and teach our 
children the consequences of intolerance and hate.
  Sadly, we have seen a rise in anti-Semitism across the country, 
fueling horrific violence, including the shooting at the Tree of Life 
synagogue in Pittsburgh, and recent attacks over the holidays in New 
York.
  Last year in our home State of Ohio, a 20-year old was arrested 
before he could carry out a violent attack against the Youngstown 
Jewish Community Center. I stand with Ohio's Jewish community against 
all anti-Semitic threats and remain committed to ensuring that all 
Americans can practice their religion peacefully, without fear.
  The freedom of religion is a fundamental right provided to all 
American citizens in the Constitution. Any threat to this right is an 
attack on one of our core pillars of our democracy and must be 
confronted. But the fact of the matter is that responding to anti-
Semitism is not enough.
  We must work to prevent it from ever taking root in the first place. 
That is why I cosponsored the Never Again Education Act. As the number 
of living Holocaust survivors decline, studies show that the Holocaust 
is fading from public memory.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The time of the gentleman has expired.
  Ms. STEFANIK. Madam Speaker, I yield the gentleman from Ohio an 
additional 1 minute.
  Mr. JOYCE of Ohio. Madam Speaker, unfortunately, the same cannot be 
said of anti-Semitism.
  By educating our children on one of the cruelest times in human 
history, we can help eradicate the hatred that

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fuels these terrible acts. It is more important than ever before that 
we reaffirm our commitment to defeating anti-Semitism in all of its 
forms and ensure the stories of Holocaust survivors live on.
  My father is one of the brave American soldiers who risked his life 
to defeat the scourge of Nazism during World War II, and I am proud to 
continue his fight against anti-Semitism here in Congress.

  I strongly encourage all of my colleagues to vote ``yes'' on H.R. 
943, the Never Again Education Act.
  Mr. NORCROSS. Madam Speaker, I yield 5 minutes to the gentlewoman 
from New York (Mrs. Carolyn B. Maloney), the lead sponsor of the bill.
  Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New York. Madam Speaker, I thank the 
gentleman for yielding, and for his incredible leadership.
  Madam Speaker, I rise today to urge my colleagues to vote ``yes'' on 
my bipartisan legislation, H.R. 943, the Never Again Education Act, 
which has over 300 cosponsors.
  On this day, 75 years ago, Auschwitz-Birkenau was finally liberated, 
but not before more than 1 million people were murdered there. We mark 
this day International Holocaust Remembrance Day as we witness the rise 
of anti-Semitism, racism, and bigotry across our country and around the 
world.
  In fact, we observe this day of remembrance just weeks after a rise 
of violent anti-Semitic attacks in New York, including an attack at a 
rabbi's home during the festival of Hanukkah.
  An Anti-Defamation League report recorded that over 1,800 of these 
acts happened in 2018 alone. And yet, as we speak out against these 
attacks and stand against hate with our Jewish communities, we are also 
called to act.
  Condemnation alone is not enough. We need to do all we can to create 
communities in which these incidents don't happen in the first place.
  We need to make a better future, one of understanding, acceptance, 
and mutual respect.
  We must make sure our children and students understand the dangers of 
rising anti-Semitism.
  In the resolution establishing today as International Holocaust 
Remembrance Day, the United Nations asked each member Nation to 
``develop educational programs that will inculcate future generations 
with the lessons of the Holocaust in order to help prevent future acts 
of genocide.''
  As a former teacher, I know that our children are not born with hate 
in their hearts, and it is up to us to make sure that they never learn 
it.
  We need to give our teachers the resources they need to teach about 
the Holocaust and the dangers of bigotry and hate. This is not an easy 
subject matter for our students to understand, and our teachers need 
support, lesson plans, guest speakers, and training.
  So along with my colleagues on both sides of the aisle, I introduced 
H.R. 943, which will expand the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum's 
already impressive educational programs by requiring the museum to 
develop and disseminate accurate, relevant, and accessible resources to 
improve awareness and understanding of the Holocaust, and educate 
individuals on the lessons as a means to promote the importance of 
preventing genocide, hate, and bigotry against any group of people.
  By providing $10 million over 5 years to support key programs like 
having traveling exhibits, expanding a centralized website, a database, 
where educators can find curriculum and lessons plans that are 
appropriate for every age group; to develop and disseminate and 
implement principles of sound instruction; and to increase engagement 
with State and local education leaders.
  This was a huge effort over 20 years. I first introduced this bill in 
1999, and I have been working on it in a bipartisan way ever since.
  I particularly want to thank the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, 
Hadassah, the Jewish Federations of North America, and the Anti-
Defamation League for all of their work that they have done, not only 
to support Holocaust education, but to support the passage of this 
bill.
  I especially want to thank my coleads on this bill, Representatives 
Stefanik, Bacon, and Carbajal for all of their hard work in gaining the 
300 cosponsors.

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  As we recommit ourselves to the promise of ``never again,'' I am 
reminded that the lessons of the Holocaust do not apply just to anti-
Semitism but to all forms of hate and bigotry. I can think of no better 
way to honor the memories of those murdered than to make sure our 
students know their stories, for if we do not learn from history, we 
are doomed to repeat it.
  Madam Speaker, I urge all of my colleagues to vote together in 
support of this legislation. I thank all of my colleagues who have 
signed on to this legislation for their support, especially Chairman 
Scott for his leadership and support. I thank my own staff, 
particularly Kelly Hennessy, and the staff of Chairman Scott.
  Ms. STEFANIK. I reserve the balance of my time, Madam Speaker.
  Mr. NORCROSS. Madam Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gentlewoman 
from Georgia (Mrs. McBath).
  Mrs. McBATH. Madam Speaker, I thank the gentleman for yielding to me.
  On January 27, 1945, Auschwitz was liberated by the Allied forces. 
The camp enslaved 1.3 million people during the Nazi regime.
  Today, on Holocaust Remembrance Day, we honor the 6 million Jewish 
victims and the millions of other innocent lives lost. We support the 
survivors who bore witness to this tragedy. Their scars endure. We 
refuse to forget the hate that led to this unspeakable tragedy.
  As new generations of Americans come of age, the lack of knowledge 
and understanding surrounding one of the greatest crimes in human 
history deepens. Across the world, we are witnessing a resurgence of 
anti-Semitism.
  We hear dangerous and destructive lies that deny the Jewish 
experience. We see more hatred in our discourse and more violence in 
our communities. We see five people attacked while celebrating Hanukkah 
and 11 worshippers murdered at Pittsburgh's Tree of Life synagogue.
  Today, 75 years after the liberation of Auschwitz, we honor and 
remember the victims of the Holocaust, and we reaffirm our fight 
against this evil.
  Today, on this Holocaust Remembrance Day, I urge my colleagues to 
vote in favor of H.R. 943, the Never Again Education Act, so that we 
can hold true to the promise of ``never again.''
  Ms. STEFANIK. Madam Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.
  Mr. NORCROSS. Madam Speaker, I yield 2\1/2\ minutes to the gentleman 
from Florida (Mr. Deutch).
  Mr. DEUTCH. Madam Speaker, I thank my friend, Congressman Norcross, 
for yielding. I am thankful for Congresswoman Maloney's leadership and 
commitment to Holocaust education. I appreciate Chairman Scott's 
leadership in helping to bring this bill to the floor.
  I am thankful to all of my colleagues, Democratic and Republican 
alike; the Education and Labor Committee; the U.S. Holocaust Memorial 
Museum; and the Jewish community organizations, which all worked 
together to promote Holocaust education.
  Last week, I was honored to participate in a bipartisan delegation 
led by Speaker Pelosi that visited Auschwitz-Birkenau. It was my first 
time there, and I walked through the gates where more than 1 million 
people perished.
  The magnitude of the effort of the Nazis to try to eradicate the 
Jewish people was shocking. I was shaken by the sight of the 
crematorium, the gas chambers, and the piles of hair, glasses, personal 
effects, and everything gathered in a way to dehumanize the Jews before 
they were even slaughtered.
  It has been 75 years since Auschwitz was liberated, and today, there 
are few remaining survivors who can share their stories firsthand. Six 
million Jews were killed in the Holocaust. We must carry on and honor 
their memories as a stark and enduring warning to future generations, 
but recent polls show that we are failing to live up to that solemn 
responsibility. Less than half of Americans know how many Jews died in 
the Holocaust. Among teenagers, it is barely one-third.
  We must do better. Some States like my home State of Florida mandate 
Holocaust education as part of the public school curriculum.

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  I am proud to represent Holocaust survivors living in south Florida. 
In my district, those survivors, their children, their grandchildren, 
and all of us who work to elevate their stories work so hard to make 
sure that this education is a part of every student's education.
  But not every State has the resources, whether textbooks or survivors 
and their powerful testimony. That is why this legislation is so 
important. It will empower the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum 
to promote Holocaust education around the country. It will do the vital 
work of bringing Americans together to say ``never again.''
  When we visited Yad Vashem, almost 50 countries in the world sent 
their leaders to speak up to remember the Holocaust and to speak out 
against anti-Semitism. President Macron pointed out that anti-Semitism 
is a poison.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The time of the gentleman has expired.
  Mr. NORCROSS. Madam Speaker, I yield the gentleman from Florida an 
additional 30 seconds.
  Mr. DEUTCH. There are deadly attacks in America and anti-Semitic 
violence that is almost regular in occurrence, but with all of this 
poison of anti-Semitism, education is our antidote.
  Today, on International Holocaust Remembrance Day, I am proud the 
House of Representatives is working to give the words ``never again'' 
real meaning and real purpose by educating American students about the 
horrors of the Holocaust and the responsibility that all of us have to 
fight anti-Semitism and hatred.
  Ms. STEFANIK. Madam Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.
  Mr. NORCROSS. Madam Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from 
Illinois (Mr. Schneider).
  Mr. SCHNEIDER. Madam Speaker, I thank my colleague for his leadership 
in moving this bill forward and my colleagues in the House for passing 
this bill later this evening.
  I rise today in support of H.R. 943, the Never Again Education Act, 
of which I am proud to be a cosponsor.
  Today is International Holocaust Remembrance Day, marking the 75th 
anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau, the Nazi's largest 
death camp and genocidal machine that killed more than 6 million Jewish 
men, women, and children.
  It also marks the continuation of our ongoing responsibility to keep 
a promise made after the Holocaust: ``never again,'' never again to 
allow the evils unleashed by anti-Semitism, extremism, and hatred to 
fester, never again to stand idly by in the face of genocide.
  Last week, I had the solemn honor to visit Auschwitz with a 
bipartisan congressional delegation led by Speaker Pelosi. Standing 
before the gas chambers and furnaces, seeing what seemed like infinite 
piles of personal belongings taken from the victims, endless piles of 
hair of the people murdered at Auschwitz, I felt a deep responsibility 
to fulfill the promise once again.
  Yet, today, in this moment, we are witnessing an increase in anti-
Semitism around the world and specifically here in the United States. 
In 2018, a gunman walked into the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh 
and killed 11 people. It was the worst anti-Semitic attack in our 
Nation's history, but it was not the last. A synagogue in Poway, a 
kosher grocery in New Jersey, and a Hanukkah celebration in Muncie--
across the country are increasing numbers of verbal and physical 
assaults, vandalism, and other acts of anti-Jewish hate. The numbers 
are truly horrifying.
  Here we are in this moment, 75 years since the horrors of the 
Holocaust came into full view, close to a time when there will be no 
survivors left to tell their story.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The time of the gentleman has expired.
  Mr. NORCROSS. Madam Speaker, I yield the gentleman from Illinois an 
additional 15 seconds.
  Mr. SCHNEIDER. Yet, anti-Semitism is just as dangerous today as it 
was then, and a key lesson of the Holocaust is more important than 
ever, that in the face of a dramatic rise in anti-Semitism, we must 
not--indeed, cannot--remain silent.
  This act is a step toward that aim by empowering the Holocaust 
Memorial Museum to develop and distribute national education materials 
for teachers across the Nation. Only by standing strong in our fight 
against these threats in our time and on our watch can we live up to 
the sacred promise of ``never again.''
  Madam Speaker, I urge my colleagues to vote ``yes.''
  Mr. NORCROSS. Madam Speaker, may I inquire how much time remains on 
either side, please.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from New Jersey has 2\3/4\ 
minutes remaining. The gentlewoman from New York has 12\1/2\ minutes 
remaining.
  Ms. STEFANIK. Madam Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.
  Mr. NORCROSS. Madam Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from 
New York (Mr. Suozzi).
  Mr. SUOZZI. Madam Speaker, I rise today in strong support of H.R. 
943, the bipartisan Never Again Education Act, of which I am a 
cosponsor.
  Never again is, sadly, not assured. Today, as we mark the 75th 
anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz and honor the memory of 6 
million Jews murdered in the Holocaust, it is more important than ever 
that we come together to fight anti-Semitism.
  Anti-Semitism is real, and it is growing. I have seen it in my own 
community. Overall crime is down dramatically, but hate crimes are 
rising. Anti-Semitic graffiti was found sprayed not once but twice at 
the Holocaust Memorial and Tolerance Center in my hometown of Glen Cove 
in Nassau County.
  Why is it happening? Divisive rhetoric is one cause. Nefarious use of 
social media by the haters and by our foreign adversaries who wish to 
foment civil unrest is another. But most important is ignorance.
  The ignorance regarding the Holocaust is shocking, with over 50 
percent of Americans ignorant of the fact that over 6 million Jews were 
killed during the Holocaust.
  We must recognize that education is the best tool to fight ignorance. 
That is why the Never Again Education Act is so very important.
  I recently traveled to Belgium to commemorate the 75th anniversary of 
the Battle of the Bulge. In preparation, I read the book ``Band of 
Brothers.'' In the book, it described how soon after the Battle of the 
Bulge, literally miles away from the concentration camps they were 
about to liberate in just a few weeks, the soldiers were debating 
whether the Holocaust was real. Or, ``Was it just propaganda?''
  Think of it: literally miles away from the camps just weeks before 
liberation, after millions of people had already been killed, and they 
were questioning whether or not it was real. Imagine how more dangerous 
the ignorance is 75 years later, how much scarier that ignorance is 75 
years later.
  If we do not use the lessons of history to make enlightened moral 
choices, we risk turning a blind eye to the same hatred and anti-
Semitism that formed the permissive foundation for genocide in the 
first place. Let's teach our children about the dreadful consequences 
of hate and intolerance. We can help ensure that ``never again'' is 
assured for future generations.
  Madam Speaker, I urge my colleagues to support this important, 
bipartisan legislation.
  Ms. STEFANIK. Madam Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may 
consume to close.
  Madam Speaker, more than 70 years ago, people around the world 
pledged to never again stand by in silence as an oppressed people were 
annihilated. As years continue to pass since the horrors and atrocities 
of the Holocaust, it is clear that we must do more to honor the victims 
and carry them on in our memories.

  In fact, a recent survey found that two-thirds of millennials cannot 
identify what Auschwitz was or name a single concentration camp, and 
over one-third of all Americans surveyed believe that fewer than 2 
million Jews were killed during the Holocaust.
  Today, on the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, we 
have the opportunity to reaffirm our commitment to remembrance, that we 
remember.
  H.R. 943, the Never Again Education Act, will give States and schools 
the resources to incorporate Holocaust education into their classrooms, 
ensuring that all students of the next generation understand the evils 
and poison of the Holocaust. In doing so, this bill

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helps honor the legacy of Holocaust survivor and Nobel laureate Elie 
Wiesel.
  By shining a light on the horrors of the Holocaust and educating our 
youth about the dangers of anti-Semitism, we further our commitment to 
Wiesel's call for ``never again.''
  I thank Mrs. Maloney for her decades of leadership on this bill and 
for working on the improvements that we are voting on today, and I 
thank all of those who have worked on this important issue.
  Madam Speaker, I urge my colleagues to vote ``yes,'' and I yield back 
the balance of my time.

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  Mr. NORCROSS. Madam Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may 
consume.
  Right up the road from where I live in New Jersey, there is a woman, 
Rosalie Simon, a Holocaust survivor, who settled there right after 
World War II. She returned this past week to Auschwitz for the first 
time since she was a prisoner there in 1945, when she was 12 years old. 
She said the following:

       I want to go back as a survivor and look back on what I 
     went through. I want to go back as a human being, not as an 
     inmate.

  We must honor Rosalie and many like her and all of the survivors and 
victims by supporting H.R. 943, the Never Again Education Act, to 
ensure the Holocaust is never forgotten and never repeated.
  I yield back the balance of my time.
  Mr. DAVID P. ROE of Tennessee. Madam Speaker, I express support for 
H.R. 943, the Never Again Education Act. Today, January 27, marks 
Holocaust Remembrance Day, as well as the 75th anniversary of the 
liberation of Auschwitz. We, as a society, have an enduring obligation 
to not only educate ourselves, but also future generations, on the 
atrocities that took place from 1933 to 1945 so that they are never 
repeated again. As Nobel Peace Prize winner, and Holocaust survivor, 
Elie Wiesel stated, ``For the survivor who chooses to testify, it is 
clear: his duty is to bear witness for the dead and for the living. He 
has no right to deprive future generations of a past that belongs to 
our collective memory. To forget would be not only dangerous but 
offensive.''
  Since its opening in 1993, the United States Holocaust Memorial 
Museum has served as a reminder for the American public, as well as all 
other visitors to Washington, DC, on the horrors suffered during the 
Holocaust, in which Adolf Hitler systematically persecuted and murdered 
six million Jews. H.R. 943, introduced by my good friends Reps. Carolyn 
Maloney and Elise Stefanik, would reinforce the work the Holocaust 
Memorial Museum performs by providing school systems around the country 
access to resources to incorporate Holocaust educational materials into 
their curriculums. This legislation will help ensure our nation's next 
generation never forgets the horrible actions the Nazis committed, and 
is better prepared to fight efforts like this in the future.
  Unfortunately, almost 75 years after the end of World War II, anti-
Semitism still exists today, with cases of violence and harassment 
frequently in the news. It is my hope that the Never Again Education 
Act will help stem the tide of this cowardice and bigotry.
  Once again, I applaud the House of Representatives for taking up this 
vital piece of legislation, and look forward to working with my 
colleagues to promote religious tolerance in the U.S.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the motion offered by the 
gentleman from New Jersey (Mr. Norcross) that the House suspend the 
rules and pass the bill, H.R. 943, as amended.
  The question was taken.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. In the opinion of the Chair, two-thirds 
being in the affirmative, the ayes have it.
  Mr. NORCROSS. Madam Speaker, on that I demand the yeas and nays.
  The yeas and nays were ordered.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to clause 8 of rule XX, further 
proceedings on this motion will be postponed.

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