Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, I move to suspend the rules and pass the bill (H.R. 1931) to provide competitive grants for the promotion of Japanese American confinement education as a means to understand the importance of democratic principles, use and abuse of power, and to raise awareness about the importance of cultural tolerance toward Japanese Americans, and for other purposes, as amended. The Clerk read the title of the bill. The text of the bill is as follows: H.R. 1931 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Japanese American Confinement Education Act''. SEC. 2. JAPANESE AMERICAN CONFINEMENT EDUCATION GRANTS. Public Law 109-441 (120 Stat. 3290) is amended-- (1) in section 2, by adding at the end the following: ``(4) Japanese american confinement education grants.--The term `Japanese American Confinement Education Grants' means competitive grants, awarded through the Japanese American Confinement Sites Program, for Japanese American organizations to educate individuals, including through the use of digital resources, in the United States on the historical importance of Japanese American confinement during World War II, so that present and future generations may learn from Japanese American confinement and the commitment of the United States to equal justice under the law.…”