[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 70 (Thursday, April 22, 2021)]
[House]
[Page H2101]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
CORRECTION TO THE CONGRESSIONAL RECORD OF WEDNESDAY, APRIL 21, 2021 AT
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COMMEMORATING 46TH ANNIVERSARY OF BLACK APRIL
Mrs. STEEL asked and was given permission to address the House for 1
minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
Mrs. STEEL. Madam Speaker, today I rise to commemorate the 46th
anniversary of Black April.
April 30, 1975, marked the fall of Saigon and the end of the Vietnam
war. Many Vietnamese Americans who were alive during the war remember
this as the day that signified the loss of a country they once called
home.
The people left everything they knew to flee communism. Hundreds of
thousands of Vietnamese people have resettled in the United States and
built vibrant communities here. California's 48th District is the proud
home of Little Saigon, which is home to more Vietnamese Americans than
anywhere else in the United States.
On Black April, I will join the Vietnamese Americans in our community
and around the country in honoring those who served in Vietnam, and
those who lost their lives attempting to flee Communist rule.
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