Danny Davis: “I also want to commend and to congratulate the gentleman from New Jersey (Mr. Pallone) who is chairman of the India…”

“I also want to commend and to congratulate the gentleman from New Jersey (Mr. Pallone) who is chairman of the India Caucus for his sponsorship of this legislation as well as for the effort that he puts to increase the relationship between the United States and India. A memorial to Mahatma Gandhi is very easy to support. As a matter of fact, as has already been indicated, he led the greatest resistance movement in a nonviolent way that the world had ever seen at that moment. And then, of course, as has already been indicated, he was an inspiration to Dr. Martin Luther King who in our modern era led the most effective nonviolent resistance movement that we have ever seen during contemporary times. Most importantly, though, this memorial will signal even greater relationships between the two countries, the two democracies, the largest, I believe, as someone said, and the oldest. I think that that in and of itself is a tribute to all of us. And so I very greatly endorse and support this legislation and again commend the sponsor for its initiation.”