[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 6 (Thursday, January 11, 2024)]
[House]
[Page H66]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    RECOGNIZING KOREAN AMERICAN DAY

  (Mr. GOMEZ asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. GOMEZ. Mr. Speaker, I rise to honor the immense contributions of 
Korean Americans and in support of my resolution honoring Korean 
American Day.
  It has been 121 years since the first Korean Americans arrived in the 
United States. Over that period of time, they changed our country's 
history, from business to music to even the foods we eat.
  That is why I am proud that we are developing the first Korean-
American national museum in the United States in the heart of Los 
Angeles' Koreatown. I am proud to have secured the first $7 million 
that will help not only design it but get it off the ground.
  In our communities, Korean soldiers who served alongside Americans in 
Vietnam were shut out for too long. With my colleagues, we secured 
veterans benefits for these heroes.
  Now, I am pushing to name a local post office in honor of Korean 
American leader Dosan Ahn Chang Ho. This Korean American Day, let's 
celebrate these stories that are intertwined with the fabric of our 
Nation.

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