Mr. Speaker. in support of my cosponsorship of H.R. 2372. a bill declaring October 12 to be a legal holiday. I would remind my colleagues of President Kennedys remark: We are a nation of immigrants. For the RECORD. I would like to explore briefly the meaning of President Kennedys words. The North American Continent is the home of peoples from every continent. The continent has absorbed and nurtured men and women who--for reasons as diverse as their originssaw here promises that were absent or muted In their prior experience. So when we speak of ourselves as a nation of immigrants. the pronoun "we" extends in time to encompass not just the numbers of dreamers and doers who came to this continent and Nation. no. the small word "we" encompasses the dreams and deeds themselves. Christopher Columbus was flesh and bone. and dream and deed. His dream and deed serve as mnemonic symbol of our commitment to the ideal that men October 11. -1967 are brothers.
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