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On the recordNovember 30, 2010
I rise to support this legislation, this resolution. Everyone has spoken very eloquently, and I concur with everything that has been said. When I was looking at the resolution and the reasons for supporting it, I was absolutely shocked to see that there were still 127,000 Holocaust survivors left in the United States. I would have thought it was much, much less. And, of course, as people are saying many of them are in their eighties and nineties and deserve a little added help. This great country has been a refuge for so many people throughout the years of this great republic and certainly the Holocaust survivors that came here after the Holocaust have been treated with dignity, have moved into American society. Their children and grandchildren have achieved great heights. But, unfortunately, too many of them today still live alone, are in their eighties and nineties, and need our help. So I rise to support this resolution. I think this is the most noble thing that we can do. It's a great testimony to our great Nation, and I urge all my colleagues to support it.
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Eliot Engel
Democratic · New York
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Nov 30, 2010

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The speaker addresses the need to support Holocaust survivors in the U.S.

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