Political Quotes

“Madam Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Madam Speaker, I acknowledge that my colleague is standing against anti-Semitism and that he introduced a measure to require the teaching of the Holocaust. I also introduced an amendment at that same hearing. My amendment would have prohibited the banning by schools and school districts of books about the Holocaust because school districts across the country are banning books like ``The Diary of a Young Girl'' by Anne Frank and the award-winning graphic novel ``Maus'' because they found those books too disturbing. This is exactly what we should be talking about in our hearings, that we should be teaching students the history of the Holocaust using award-winning books because these are the perfect vehicles for making sure that students understand what has happened when anti-Semitism has been allowed to go unchallenged. I thank my colleague for raising this issue in today's setting and hope they will continue to support efforts to avoid the banning of books on the Holocaust. Madam Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.”