The award specifies that th recipient must not only have gained op portunities for themselves. but hav taken the opportunity of being an Amer ican to help others. The award was inspired by the fa mous poem of Emma Lazarus who wrot "The New Colossus." This sonnet is en. graved on the base of the Barthold Statute of Liberty. Americas first lady which lights up New York harbor as e symbol of hope for the millions of immigrants who have come to our shores. I am pleased. as the Representative ol the 14th Congressional District to have the Statue of Liberty but 200 yards from Jersey City. It is for this reason that the district has become known as the Statue of Liberty District.
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