[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 156 (2010), Part 12]
[House]
[Page 16359]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




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               REMEMBERING VICTIMS OF UKRAINIAN GENOCIDE

  (Mr. QUIGLEY asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. QUIGLEY. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to remember the victims of the 
Ukrainian genocide and the deliberate famine which claimed the lives of 
10 million innocent Ukrainians.
  Under Stalin's rule, Ukrainian farmers were stripped of their land, 
and by the end of 1933, nearly one quarter of the Ukraine's population 
had starved to death. This atrocity was intended to break the spirit of 
the Ukrainian people, but it did not succeed. The strong-willed people 
of Ukraine overcame this dark time and eventually emerged from 
Communist rule as a strong democratic nation. The people of Ukraine are 
a testament to what the human spirit can not only endure, but triumph 
over.
  Ukraine has prospered in the 70 years since this atrocity, but as we 
move forward, we must never forget the past. Organizations like the 
Ukrainian National Museum in Chicago, and activists like Nicholas 
Mischenko, the president of the Ukrainian Genocide Famine Foundation, 
should be commended for their work to ensure the world never forgets 
this manmade tragedy.

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