[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 5]
[House]
[Page 6551]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




               COMMEMORATION OF HOLOCAUST REMEMBRANCE DAY

  (Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New York asked and was given permission 
to address the House for 1 minute.)
  Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New York. Mr. Speaker, I rise in honor of 
Yom Hashoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day, to pay respect to over 12 
million people, including 6 million Jews, systematically murdered by 
the Nazis. We learn how ordinary men and women can turn a blind eye to 
massive suffering and death.
  This January, I traveled to Poland to observe the 69th anniversary of 
the liberation of the Auschwitz concentration camp. We were joined by 
representatives and parliamentarians from 60 different countries, over 
half of the Knesset from Israel, and many, many survivors.
  The memory of the Holocaust is seared forever into the consciousness 
of a generation of people who survived it. Through their stories, the 
lessons of that dark time serve as a warning to future generations.
  In the words of Elie Wiesel:

       Human suffering anywhere concerns men and women everywhere.

  It is with that sentiment I vow: never forget, and never again.

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