[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 8]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages 10883-10884]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




              HONORING NEWLY NATURALIZED AMERICAN CITIZENS

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                        HON. PETER J. VISCLOSKY

                               of indiana

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, July 7, 2015

  Mr. VISCLOSKY. Mr. Speaker, it is with great pleasure and sincerity 
that I take this time to congratulate the individuals who took their 
oath of citizenship on July 4, 2015. In true patriotic fashion, on the 
day of our great Nation's celebration of independence, a naturalization 
ceremony took place, welcoming new citizens of the United States of 
America. This memorable occasion, coordinated by the League of Women 
Voters of the Calumet Area and presided over by Magistrate Judge Andrew 
Rodovich, was held at The Pavilion at Wolf Lake in Hammond, Indiana.
  America is a country founded by immigrants. From its beginning, 
settlers have come from countries around the world to the United States 
in search of better lives for their families. The oath ceremony was a 
shining example of what is so great about the United States of 
America--that people from all over the world can come together and 
unite as members of a free, democratic nation. These individuals 
realize that nowhere else in the world offers a better opportunity for 
success than here in America.
  On July 4, 2015, the following people, representing many nations 
throughout the world, took their oaths of citizenship in Hammond, 
Indiana: Guillermina Cornejo Campos, Emmanuel Thierry Mentor, Ruth 
Elizabeth Gallegos Pecina, Beatrice Nyambura Macharia, Geoffrey 
Macharia Gakuya, Javeed Ali Khan, Vika

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Priscilia Boentaram, Mateusz Dembowski, Srinivasa Rao Ayinampudi, 
Jacquiline Zumazuma, Viviana Pacheco, Fatma Dafallah Widaatllah, 
Dorothy Wanjiru Njiru, Emilia Robles de Navarro, Erlinda Dimaala 
Miranda, Juan Andres Bermudez Aguirre, Karen Yanin Hernandez, Jose 
Abonce Belmonte, Fayzeh Mahmoud Altaweel, Priya Phani Ayinampudi, Maria 
Beatriz Becerra, Aaditya Ganapathy Chandramouli, Arlieta Bongcaras 
Dahlstrom, Gabriela Olimpia Dordea, Maria Yolanda Eulloqui, Sumoh 
Fomba, Negin Hosseini Goodrich, Daniela Guilhon de Alcantara Avellar, 
Wendy Hurtado-Krzewski, Abdelrazeq Odeh Issa, Tamam Yousef Khater, 
Biljana Krleski, Joaquin Martinez, Leoncio Larry Villavicencio Miranda, 
Sara L Mondragon, Jazmin Montoya, Cristina Navarrete, Aureliano 
Navarro, Tosin Precious Ogunfowokan, Mariceli Paz, Karla Nohemi Ramos, 
Xiao Bin Shao, Lama Sharif, Sook Hee Suh, Dong Yo Suh, Lily Jiyun Suh, 
Maria Rosario Tirado, Ekaterina Alexeevna Vostrikova, Carmen Ramona 
Wilber, Victor Zepeda.
  Though each individual has sought to become a citizen of the United 
States for his or her own reasons, be it for education, occupation, or 
to offer their loved ones better lives, each is inspired by the fact 
that the United States of America is, as Abraham Lincoln described it, 
a country ``. . . of the people, by the people, and for the people.'' 
They realize that the United States is truly a free nation. By seeking 
American citizenship, they have made the decision that they want to 
live in a place where, as guaranteed by the First Amendment of the Bill 
of Rights, they can practice religion as they choose, speak their minds 
without fear of punishment, and assemble in peaceful protest should 
they choose to do so.
  Mr. Speaker, I respectfully ask you and my other distinguished 
colleagues to join me in congratulating these individuals, who became 
citizens of the United States of America on July 4, 2015, the day of 
our Nation's independence. They, too, are American citizens, and they, 
too, are guaranteed the inalienable rights to life, liberty, and the 
pursuit of happiness. We, as a free and democratic nation, congratulate 
them and welcome them.




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