Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, I move to suspend the rules and agree to the resolution (H. Res. 810) expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding the life and work of Elie Wiesel in promoting human rights, peace, and Holocaust remembrance, as amended. The Clerk read the title of the resolution. The text of the resolution is as follows: H. Res. 810 Whereas Elie Wiesel was born in Sighet, Romania, on September 30, 1928, to Sarah Feig and Shlomo Wiesel; Whereas in 1944, the Wiesel family was deported to the Auschwitz concentration camp in German-occupied Poland; Whereas in 1945, Wiesel was moved to the Buchenwald concentration camp in Germany, where he was eventually liberated; Whereas Wiesel's mother and younger sister, Tzipora, died in the gas chamber at Auschwitz and his father died at Buchenwald; Whereas Wiesel and his two older sisters, Beatrice and Hilda, survived the horrors of the Holocaust; Whereas after World War II Wiesel studied in France, worked as a journalist, and subsequently became a United States citizen in 1963; Whereas Wiesel's first book ``Night'', published in 1958, told the story of his family's deportation to Nazi concentration camps during the Holocaust and has been translated into more than 30 languages and reached millions across the globe; Whereas Wiesel would go on to author more than 60 books, plays, and essays imparting much knowledge and lessons of history on his readers; Whereas in 1978, Wiesel was appointed to chair the President's Commission on…”