[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 163 (2017), Part 10]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 13864]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                             SEPTEMBER 11TH

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                          HON. PRAMILA JAYAPAL

                             of washington

                    in the house of representatives

                      Tuesday, September 12, 2017

  Ms. JAYAPAL. Mr. Speaker, September 11, 2001 was on a Tuesday.
  I remember watching the horrible destruction unfold, and thinking 
that the world would change for all of us. In those days and weeks 
after 9/11, Americans from the South Asian, Muslim, and Arab American 
community were subjected to hate crimes simply because of how they 
looked. Muslim students were pulled out of school because of fear for 
their safety, Sikh men were shot at for their turbans, and many of us 
were told to go home, back to our own country--even though America is 
our home.
  But in the wake of that destruction, I was part of forming powerful 
coalitions to fight against hate of all kinds and to protect our civil 
rights and civil liberties.
  As we reflect on the events of that day and honor first responders 
and those who lost their lives, let us also remember that America's 
true values are about equal rights for all, inclusivity, resilience, 
generosity and abundance.

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