[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 17 (Monday, January 27, 2020)]
[House]
[Page H558]
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         COMMEMORATING INTERNATIONAL HOLOCAUST REMEMBRANCE DAY

  The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Golden). Under the Speaker's announced 
policy of January 3, 2019, the gentleman from New York (Mr. Zeldin) is 
recognized for 60 minutes as the designee of the minority leader.


                             General Leave

  Mr. ZELDIN. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that all Members may 
have 5 legislative days in which to revise and extend their remarks and 
include extraneous materials on the topic of my Special Order.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the 
gentleman from New York?
  There was no objection.
  Mr. ZELDIN. Mr. Speaker, tonight, over the course of the next hour on 
this House floor, Republicans and Democrats united are coming together 
for the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz on 
International Holocaust Remembrance Day. For all of us, this is an 
extra special, extra personal moment.

                              {time}  1945

  Six million Jews, and millions of others, died during the Holocaust; 
1.1 million people died at Auschwitz alone. Millions of lives were 
unfathomably cut short, tearing apart families, communities, and 
countries.
  Thanks to the heroism of our Nation's Greatest Generation, with their 
strength, and their will, and their courage, good ultimately triumphed 
over evil.
  There must be a permanent, never-ending, never-yielding commitment to 
never allow this form of hate and evil to ever rise again. This pledge 
must include combating anti-Semitism and anti-Israel hate wherever it 
rears its ugly head, and even when it disguises itself as legitimate.
  Today, and every day, we must reaffirm our pledge, ``Never Again.''
  For everyone who is watching at home, after votes, while we are here, 
at times we see Republican Special Orders and Democrat Special Orders; 
but this is an important moment in time for us to come together in this 
Chamber, united, Republicans and Democrats, as Americans, for humanity 
must ensure that this never happens again.
  Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time.

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