REPRESENTATIVE ADRIANO ESPAILLAT RECOGNIZES INTERNATIONAL HOLOCAUST REMEMBRANCE DAY. NEW YORK, NY – Today, Representative Adriano Espaillat (NY-13) issued the following statement in recognition of International Holocaust Remembrance Day:
“On International Holocaust Remembrance Day, we commemorate the liberation of the Nazi death-camp at Auschwitz in 1945 and reflect on the atrocities committed towards Jewish people during World War II,” said Rep. Espaillat. “We honor the memory of the six million Jews whose lives were taken and the profound contribution that they made to the societies of which they were a part. On this solemn day, we acknowledge the traumatizing memories carried by Holocaust survivors and the lessons they seek to impart through their courage, wisdom, and perseverance.
“The Holocaust serves as a reminder to never lend ourselves to the dehumanization of others or to the denial of their rights – and to never cease in our fight to defend freedom and ensure equal protections for all. We cannot afford to tolerate anti-Semitism or allow white supremacy to proliferate – and it remains incumbent upon all of us to act against the dangerous ideologies that threaten the foundation of our democracy, our institutions and stability as a nation. “Never again” means never again, and this must involve each of us, during our lifetimes, in the unremitting effort to dismantle hatred, confront injustice, and stand against all forms of bigotry.”
Representative Espaillat is the first Dominican American to serve in the U.S. House of Representatives and his congressional district includes Harlem, East Harlem, West Harlem, Hamilton Heights, Washington Heights, Inwood, Marble Hill and the north-west Bronx. First elected to Congress in 2016, Representative Espaillat is serving his third term in Congress. Representative Espaillat currently serves as a member of the influential U.S. House Committee on Appropriations responsible for funding the federal government’s vital activities. He is also a member of the House Committee on Education and Labor and the Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC), where he serves in a leadership role as the Second Vice Chair and is a member of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, where he serves as Deputy Whip. Representative Espaillat also currently serves as a Senior Whip of the Democratic Caucus. To find out more about Rep. Espaillat, visit online at https://espaillat.house.gov/. | 
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