Members of the House and Senate join in commemorating this anniversary of freedom in the Ukraine. to help draw the attention of free peoples to the continuing plight of the Ukraine and to help strengthen the resolve of Ukrainians to be free. letting them know that they do not stand alone. And here in the capital of the worlds mightiest nation. the attention of hundreds of thousands of visitors is captured by the statue of Taras Shevchenko. distinguished Ukrainian poet and freedom fighter. one of the patriots who founded a secret society in Kiev in 1846 in opposition to czarist rule. What we have witnessed in the Ukraine. despite starvation. persecution. and mass deportations by the Stalin government in Moscow. has been an inspiring proof of the power of love of country. which the sternest measures of dictatorship have not been able to overcome. And so I am proud indeed to join in honoring this brave people and to express my own fervent hope that the freedom they have so long and valiantly struggled for will at last be permanently achieved.
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