Political Quotes

“Madam Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Madam Speaker, I rise in support of H.R. 6434, the Japanese American World War II History Network Act, introduced by my Natural Resources Committee colleague, Representative Jay Obernolte. This bill will direct the Secretary of the Interior to establish the Japanese American World War II History Network within the National Park Service. Between 1942 and 1945, the U.S. Government wrongfully imprisoned approximately 120,000 Japanese Americans, most of whom were U.S. citizens. Many of the U.S. Government's activities during World War II were done in secrecy and were not accurately represented to the public in the years after the war. Designating this network will support education and awareness of the people, places, and events that were associated with the wrongful incarceration of Japanese Americans. This effort will be a welcome complement to the existing Japanese American Confinement Sites Grant Program, which we are looking to reauthorize and strengthen today through Representative Matsui's legislation, which we considered earlier this afternoon. I thank Representative Obernolte for championing this legislation, and I urge my colleagues to support it. Madam Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.”