[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 162 (2016), Part 5]
[House]
[Pages 6561-6562]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]


                 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE EASTER RISING

  (Mr. KING of New York asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute.)
  Mr. KING of New York. Mr. Speaker, this year is the 100th anniversary 
of the Easter Rising in Dublin, Ireland, which was the seminal moment 
in the fight for Irish independence.

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  Since that time, the United States and Ireland have had an extremely 
close relationship in trade, business, and on so many other issues on 
which we work together, probably none more important than the Good 
Friday Agreement, which was achieved 18 years ago this year. It is 
working today, for, after centuries of fighting and strife, there is 
now a peace process in Northern Ireland which has succeeded, is 
succeeding, and is going forward.
  I acknowledge this today, the 100th anniversary of the Easter Rising, 
and the Prime Minister of Ireland, Enda Kenny, is in Washington today 
to help us commemorate this.




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