Donna Shalala: “Today, on International Holocaust Remembrance Day, we mark the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau.…”

“Today, on International Holocaust Remembrance Day, we mark the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau. We remember the 6 million Jews, as well as millions of other minority populations, who were systematically murdered by the Nazi regime and its collaborators. We remember the families who were separated and the sacrifices made by those who protected Jewish lives. Pure evil was committed against Jews, Roma, Catholics, LGBTQ individuals, people with disabilities, and others. We honor the 10,000 Holocaust survivors who live in south Florida and the nearly 70,000 more who live around the United States. Mr. Speaker, I also want to honor my friend, Dr. Miriam Klein Kassenoff, who fled Nazi Europe as a child in 1941. An educational specialist for Holocaust studies at Miami-Dade County Public Schools and director of the Holocaust Institute at the University of Miami, Miriam has dedicated her life to educating the new generation of teachers and students about the horrors of the Holocaust. Mr. Speaker, as we enter this new decade, we recommit ourselves to ensuring that ``never again'' means never again. We will never stop fighting virulent, hateful anti-Semitism and discrimination wherever and whenever it appears. In this House, the people's House, we stand together, united against hate. We stand together in pledging ``never again.'' Never again.”