Speaker. I rise to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Ukrainian Catholic Church in the U.S.A. and the 25th anniversary of the Philadelphia Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy. The first Ukrainian immigrants arrived in this Nation during the 1870s. and settled in the farming valleys of Connecticut and the industrial valleys of upstate New York. Many others settled later in Pennsylvania to work in its coal mines. while still others chose the great port city of Philadelphia. which I have the honor to represent. America has long been a melting pot for people of different cultures. yet we have always believed in the importance of maintaining our traditional religious beliefs.
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