Mr. Speaker, responding to the gentleman from California, this bill is designed to add additional land to the Manzanar Historic Site. I think the House knows that that was a major location whereby Americans of Japanese descent were interned during World War II, and it is combined with a rather fantastic environmental project taking place between the country of Inyo and the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power.
Jerry Lewis: “Mr. Speaker, responding to the gentleman from California, this bill is designed to add additional land to the Manzanar…”
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Discussing a bill to expand the Manzanar Historic Site and its environmental project.
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