Mike Pence: “Mr. Speaker, here in Washington, D.C., down the street from this very building is the United States Holocaust Memorial…”

“Mr. Speaker, here in Washington, D.C., down the street from this very building is the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, a museum that serves as a living memorial to the Holocaust and which challenges its visitors and the world in the words written in its charter to: ``Confront hatred, prevent genocide, promote human dignity, and strengthen democracy.'' All of us serving in Congress take the challenge of those words to heart. We have the unique ability in this institution to promulgate laws and policies that protect life, preserve liberty and confront genocide. Today, with the passage of the Genocide Accountability Act, in bipartisan numbers, this Congress will discharge that duty to history. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in support of S. 888, the Genocide Accountability Act. In May of this year, it was my privilege to join my friend, the gentleman from California (Mr. Berman) to introduce H.R. 2489, which is the companion of the Senate version of the bill that is being considered today. This is an important piece of bipartisan legislation simply because it provides America with a real and powerful tool to combat genocide around the world.”