[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 8]
[House]
[Page 11494]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




          H.R. 1595, GUAM WORLD WAR II LOYALTY RECOGNITION ACT

  (Ms. SOLIS asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Ms. SOLIS. Mr. Speaker, today we will consider the Guam World War II 
Loyalty Recognition Act.
  Two Federal commissions, one in 1947 and the other in 2004, 
recommended to the Congress that the people of Guam have not been made 
whole despite efforts to rehabilitate their lives and livelihoods that 
were destroyed during Guam's occupation by Japanese Imperial Forces 
during World War II.
  Two Federal commissions have spoken about the atrocities of war they 
lived through: beheadings by public executions, rapes and torture. Two 
Federal commissions have underscored that the patriotism of the people 
of Guam during their occupation was unquestionable. Two Federal 
commissions recommended we make additional reparations to give them 
justice and parity.
  It is past time that Congress heeds the recommendations of both 
Federal commissions to recognize their loyalty and patriotism. I urge 
my colleagues today to vote in favor of H.R. 1595, the Guam World War 
II Loyalty Act.

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