[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 13 (Wednesday, January 22, 2025)]
[House]
[Page H266]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                INTERNATIONAL HOLOCAUST REMEMBRANCE DAY

  (Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania asked and was given permission to 
address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania. Mr. Speaker, I rise today ahead of 
International Holocaust Remembrance Day to honor the memory of those 
who were murdered during the Holocaust.
  In 2005, the United Nations designated January 27, the anniversary of 
the liberation of Auschwitz, as the International Holocaust Remembrance 
Day.
  The systematic government-sponsored persecution and murder of 6 
million Jews by the Nazi regime and its collaborators is one of the 
darkest chapters in history and will always be a scar on humanity.
  We honor the resilience of survivors, and we rededicate ourselves to 
uphold the sacred promise of: Never again.
  We promise to always remember those who lost their lives and those 
who saved them, those who stood in the face of such evil and refused to 
turn a blind eye.
  Mr. Speaker, may we always remember and always pledge: Never again.

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