I rise in opposition to the amendment offered by the Senator from North Carolina. In doing so I Identify myself as the first woman of Polish extraction ever elected to the U.S. Congress. Mr. President. my great grandmother came to this country from Poland at the age of 16 at the turn of the century. She did not have the right to vote. She immigrated here where she thought she would have new opportunities. She would be pleased that I am here. The reason she would be pleased that I am here relates to events she witnessed and I witnessed as a young child at the end of World War II.
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