House Proceeding 03-31-09 on Mar 31st, 2009 :: 0:02:30 to 0:06:40
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Zoe Lofgren: history. it's important we honor the memory of those who die sod senselessly and provide them due recognition. mr. speaker, i reserve the balance of my time. the s gentleman reserves the balance of his time. the gentleman from california is recognized. mr. lun again sprk i yield --

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Speech By: Zoe Lofgren

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Zoe Lofgren: mr. lungren: i yield myself such time as i may consume. i rise in support of h.con.res. 54 which would authorize use of the capitol rotunda for a ceremony as part of the days of remembrance of victims of the holocaust. for descendants of the approximately six million jews

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Zoe Lofgren: killed in the holocaust, the atrocity theirs loved ones suffered at the hands of nazi germany are with them each day. as a nation, it's important that all americans take the time to reflect upon the effects of the horrors inflicted during the holocaust, one of the darkest days or hos of our humanity. those who would seek to destroy an entire people based on their

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Zoe Lofgren: religious heritage committed the most heinous acts imaginable on their brethren by remembering the victims of these unspeakable acts we ensure the flame of life that the forces of leavell tried to hard to extinguish will never be forgotten and we shall never allow this to happen again. at this time, i'd like to

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Zoe Lofgren: mention that we have a wonderful statue in our rotunda of a great american, dwight d. eisenhower, he's rembered as novet united states he was also the supreme allied commander of ose allied troops in europe. when his troops and he came upon the reality of the holocaust, when they came upon

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Zoe Lofgren: the concentration camps, then-general eisenhower commanded that his troops take pictures, see the evidence, gather the proof. he required that german residents, german citizens of the surrounding communities be brought forward and see what had taken place.

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Zoe Lofgren: then he required those vage -- those individuals to be part of the burial committees that buried the bodies of those who had been destroyed. when asked why he did this, president eisenhower, then general eisenhower, said i do this to gather this evidence to

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Zoe Lofgren: get this proof, to get these photos because someday in the future, he used these initials, some silly s.o.b. will claim this never happened. there are some who claim this never happened. because a remarkable man with tremendous foresight, general

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Zoe Lofgren: eisenhower, later president eisenhower, because he required that proof be made, those perpetrateors -- perpetrators of that fallacy cannot be successful. in order to make this time of reflection an official event shared by all americans, congress established the days of rembrance as our nation's

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Zoe Lofgren: annual commemoration of the victims of the holocaust and created the holocaust memorial muum as a permanent, living memorial to those victims. since 1982, the holocaust museum has organized and led the national days of he membrans ceremony in the capitol rotunda that includes

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Zoe Lofgren: holocaust survivors, their families, liberators and others. i ur congress to support this bill so we can continue to use the capitol rotunda to pay tribute to the lives lost the holocaust. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the

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Zoe Lofgren: gentleman yields back. the chair recognizes the gentleman from pennsylvania. mr. brady: i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the question is, will the house suspend the rules and agree to house concurrent resolution number 54. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no.