[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 2]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 2168]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




               IN COMMEMORATION OF THE DAY OF REMEMBRANCE

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                          HON. HILDA L. SOLIS

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                      Wednesday, February 13, 2008

  Ms. SOLIS. Madam Speaker, I rise today to pay tribute to the 66th 
anniversary of the National ``Day of Remembrance.''
  I am proud to be a member of the Congressional Asian Pacific Islander 
American Caucus and to represent a large number of individuals of 
Japanese descent in the 32nd District.
  The internment of Japanese Americans during World War II is one of 
our government's most shameful actions. Families were ripped from their 
homes and communities, even while many Japanese citizens served in the 
U.S. armed forces in World War II.
  We cannot sit back and allow similar civil and human rights 
violations unfold before our eyes. We must remember that any 
oppression, any injustice, any hatred, is a wedge designed to attack 
our civilization.
  We must remember, and more importantly, we must learn from our past.

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