[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 7]
[House]
[Page 9049]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




CELEBRATING BOTH MOTHER'S DAY AND ASIAN PACIFIC AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH

  (Mr. PERLMUTTER asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Mr. PERLMUTTER. Mr. Speaker, I feel very fortunate today to be able 
to celebrate both Mother's Day as well as the Asian Pacific American 
Heritage Month.
  My mother-in-law was born on Molokai, has Filipino Hawaiian and 
Chinese ancestry and has 14 brothers and sisters spread from Hawaii to 
the Philippines. And she helped instill in my daughters the heritage 
and the values of family, hard work, and indomitable spirit. And I feel 
blessed to have those particular values from the Asian American 
community instilled in my children.
  This is a great country. To have that kind of heritage and that kind 
of ancestry in my family now is what makes this country so great. So I 
get to celebrate Mother's Day and I get to celebrate Asian Pacific 
American Heritage Month.

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