[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 184 (Tuesday, November 7, 2023)]
[House]
[Page H5482]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                       CELEBRATING HMONG NEW YEAR

  (Mr. GROTHMAN asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. GROTHMAN. Madam Speaker, we are beginning November here. What 
does November mean? It varies from city to city, but it means the Hmong 
New Year.
  Madam Speaker, I call to my colleagues' attention that some time 
during November or December, if you have a Hmong population close by, 
they will be celebrating their new year. I encourage everyone to show 
up and learn more about Hmong culture, their beautiful dress, great 
clothes, and great music.
  Our country always has a debt to pay to the Hmong, who fought during 
the Vietnam war against totalitarian atheism, the most evil form of 
government we have ever known. Afterward, they came to our country.
  Wisconsin has the third most Hmong in the country, and I have gotten 
to know many. I have yet to run into a Hmong family--I am sure they 
must exist--that was not doing very well. Everyone was getting married, 
having children, living the American Dream.
  Madam Speaker, I congratulate my Hmong friends. I look forward to 
celebrating separate the new year in Oshkosh and Sheboygan. I hope that 
anyone listening out there finds their local Hmong New Year 
celebration.

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