[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 6]
[House]
[Page 8409]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                        COMING TOGETHER IN UNITY

  (Mr. COHEN asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. COHEN. Madam Speaker, Monday evening begins the Jewish 
celebration of Passover. Passover is when the Jews remember when they 
were enslaved in Egypt and Moses led the Jewish people out of bondage 
and to freedom.
  It is an important holiday, and one in which we remember where we 
came from and about how good God has been to us and about being 
enslaved and being in bondage. During this holiday, Jews remember 
others who have been enslaved and call on Jews to remember and never 
forget and to try to see that others are not enslaved.
  Partly for that reason, I introduced some time ago H.R. 194 to have 
our country make an apology for the history of slavery and Jim Crow 
laws we had in this country. That was an error, that was wrong, and it 
needs to be apologized for, and a dialogue needs to begin to understand 
about slavery and its effects.
  I wish everybody a happy holiday season and hope we all come together 
in unity to apologize for slavery.

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