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Condemming Shooting At U.S. Holocaust Museum

Floor Speech

Date: June 11, 2009
Location: Washington, DC
Issues: Civil Liberties and Civil Rights Arts, Entertainment, and History Criminal Justice

CONDEMNING SHOOTING AT U.S. HOLOCAUST MUSEUM

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Mr. COHEN. Mr. Speaker, Mr. Jackson expressed much of what I've thought about as to the events of yesterday.

People who hate--and this assailant hated Jews and blacks in particular--hate all people and minorities.

With that in mind, I think it's important that people reflect and do something positive with their children and with themselves in the future as an antidote to the type of hate that we saw. That is to bring your children to the Holocaust Museum. Let them learn about the horrors of the Nazis and of the camps. Come to Memphis to the Civil Rights Museum and learn about civil rights. Go to Atlanta where Dr. King is buried, and learn about Dr. King and nonviolence. Take steps to learn about ways to make the world better.

It's unfortunate what happened yesterday. It's so awful at that site, but it is awful that it happened anywhere and that Mr. Johns did lose his life. We must appreciate all the guards who protect American order and liberty.

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