Statement from Rep. McCarthy Supporting the Goal of Ensuring that all Holocaust Survivors in the United States are able to Live with Dignity, Comfort, and Security in their Remaining Years

Statement

Today, Rep. McCarthy issued the following statement in support of H.Con.Res 323, a resolution to support the goal of ensuring that all holocaust survivors in the United States are able to live with dignity, comfort, and security in their remaining years:

"M. Speaker I rise today in support of House Concurrent Resolution 323, which supports the goal of ensuring that all Holocaust survivors in the United States are able to live with dignity, comfort, and security in their remaining years.

During the Holocaust, which took place between 1933 and 1945, the Nazis and their partners murdered an estimated 6 million Jews and other targeted groups. Those who survived torture and forced labor under Nazi occupation continue to live with the scars of this horrible tragedy.

This resolution supports the goal of ensuring that all Holocaust survivors in the United States are able to live with dignity and comfort in their remaining years. It applauds the nonprofit organizations and agencies that work extensively to honor and assist Holocaust survivors in their communities. The resolution urges the Administration and the Department of Health and Human Services, in conjunction with the Administration on Aging, to provide Holocaust survivors with needed social services through existing programs. Lastly, the resolution encourages the Administration on Aging to develop and implement programs that ensure Holocaust survivors are able to age in place in their communities and avoid being institutionalized during their remaining years.

M. Speaker, I want to thank my colleague Representative Wasserman Schultz for introducing this resolution and once again express my support and I urge my colleagues to support this important resolution."

Rep. McCarthy closed with the following statement:

"The Holocaust was one of the most unspeakable tragedies in history. The amount of pain and suffering of those individuals who endured the terror of the Nazi regime can never be quantified.

H.Con.Res.323 is an important resolution that calls on our nation to ensure that Holocaust survivors are afforded appropriate resources in order to live their remaining years with dignity. I am thankful that we live in a country that continues to cherish individual freedoms and maintains an unbreakable bond with Israel.

It is imperative that our nation teach lessons from the past, foster tolerance, and build upon shared democratic values and desire for security and stability. With this in mind, I was proud to introduce H.R. 6363, the Supporting Law Enforcement through Lessons of the Holocaust Act earlier this Congress. This legislation creates a new, four-year grant program at the Department of Justice for state and local law enforcement agencies to carry out programs that will teach their officers about the implications of the Holocaust for modern day law enforcement professionals.

Stories of personal struggle from the Holocaust live on through historic records, family, friends, and survivors of that horrific time. Our nation owes it to the survivors to ensure their security and safety is of utmost priority."

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