A national Columbus Day. as the gentleman from New Jersey. Congressman RODINO. has pointed out. would constitute "an annual reaffirmation by the American people of their faith in the future. a declaration of willingness to face with confidence the imponderables of unknown futures." Columbus. the 15th century mariner who risked his life searching out new worlds for his homeland. stands as an exemplar of the kind of courage and faith the gentleman from New Jersey has cited. The holiday. moreover. would serve as a reminder to our citizens that the United States is a "nation of immigrants"-a phrase used often by our late President John F. Kennedy. In opening up the New World to exploration and colonization. Columbus inaugurated a tradition of immigration to the Americas that has continued to the present time. Again. Mr.
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