[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 17 (Monday, January 27, 2020)]
[House]
[Page H556]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




       COMMEMORATING THE 75TH ANNIVERSARY OF AUSCHWITZ LIBERATION

  (Mr. WILSON of South Carolina asked and was given permission to 
address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. WILSON of South Carolina. Mr. Speaker, last week, I was grateful 
to serve on a congressional delegation to Poland and Israel, led by 
Speaker Nancy Pelosi, with colleagues Eliot Engel, Chairwoman Nita 
Lowey, Chairman Ted Deutch, with Debbie Wasserman Schultz and Brad 
Schneider.
  On the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the liberation of 
Auschwitz-Birkenau, we saw, firsthand, the horrors of the innocent Jews 
at the death camps.
  From the ashes of German Nazism and despotic Soviet communism, Poland 
is now a dynamic, prosperous democracy.
  We were welcomed to Jerusalem by Ambassador David Friedman, then 
meeting with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. At the Fifth World 
Holocaust Forum, Israeli President Reuven Rivlin introduced Vice 
President Mike Pence, President Emmanuel Macron, Prince Charles, and 
President Vladimir Putin. Heads of state from over 30 countries 
attended, and I and fellow co-chair of the Bulgarian Caucus, Brad 
Schneider, were honored to be with President Rumen Radev with our 
alliance for freedom.
  America's associations with Poland and Israel have never been 
stronger, citing President Trump's placing 5,000 American troops in 
Poland to deter further Russian aggression and Israel still celebrating 
his moving of the U.S. Embassy to Jerusalem.
  In conclusion, God bless our troops, and we will never forget 
September the 11th in the global war on terrorism.

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