Alan Lowenthal: “This week the Cambodian American community of Long Beach will observe Remembrance Day, commemorating 41 years since the…”

“This week the Cambodian American community of Long Beach will observe Remembrance Day, commemorating 41 years since the end of the Cambodian genocide. This horrific event, in which the Khmer Rouge killed approximately 1.7 million Cambodians from all walks of life, devastated Cambodia for years, depriving the country of a generation of its best and its brightest, and leaving a lifetime of trauma for Cambodians living in the United States and around the world. I have introduced H. Res. 436, along with over a dozen of my colleagues, to ensure that we never forget the unspeakable horrors of the genocide and honor the memory of its many victims. Today I ask my colleagues and people across this country to join us in coming together to remember the Cambodian genocide to commemorate the almost 2 million people who were killed. ____________________”