Mr. Speaker. almost every day I thank God for my parents. for things they have done. for things they have taught me. and for paths on which they have led me to walk. Today. I thank God for one thing In particular. that my parents immigrated to America from that troubled corner of Hungary. Yugoslavia. and Austria. Had it not been for their search of a better life. for a life of greater freedom and opportunity. today I might be among that vast faceless throng known as the peoples of the captive nations. I shudder to think what fate might have held out for my family and myself. had not my parents made the long and perilous journey to the New World. where they built a new life and raised a family in the fear of God. love of freedom. and service to their country.
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