Mr. Speaker. it is with great solemnity that I join my distinguished colleagues in commemorating the 40th anniversary of Genocide Day. Forty years ago the Soviet Union initiated a ruthless and brutal campaign of deporting innocent people from the Baltic nations of Lithuania. Latvia. and Estonia to slave labor camps in Siberia. About 30.000 people from each nation were deported to these camps as a result of this Soviet effort to eradicate Baltic nationalism and force an alien culture on the people of Lithuania. Latvia. and Estonia. It is particularly important on this memorative day that we pay tribute to these Baltic people and their determination to preserve their heritage in the face of the horrifying treatment they have received and continue to receive from the Soviet Union.
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