[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 22]
[House]
[Page 30592]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                       HONORING FILIPINO VETERANS

  (Ms. BORDALLO asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Ms. BORDALLO. Madam Speaker, in honor of Veterans Day I rise to 
recognize a special group of veterans whose story and service this 
Congress must honor.
  During World War II, thousands of Filipino soldiers were inducted 
into the United States Armed Forces by President Roosevelt following 
the invasion of their country by Imperial Japanese Forces. These 
Filipino soldiers fought valiantly with us in the name of freedom. They 
were to be entitled to full veterans benefits, but such promises were 
reneged by Congress with the passage of the 1946 Rescission Act.
  Ironically, the very democracy that these veterans fought to defend 
was used to take away the recognition of their service. We have a duty 
to fulfill what President Truman called a ``moral obligation'' to take 
care of these veterans.
  There are 18,000 still with us today. Let us make this right. Support 
the Filipino Veterans Equity Act.

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