It Is my hope that on this Statue of Liberty Day. which will be a day after the continuing resolution expires. nonetheless. the public will be able to continue to visit the Statue of Liberty. and that I may be in New York to celebrate the day myself. Let me also thank the distinguished ranking minority member and chairman of the subcommittee for bringing this resolution to the floor. The Statue of Liberty. as the dean of our delegation mentioned is. of course. an important symbol. the symbol which so many of our parents and grandparents who came into New York Harbor first saw as they emigrated to the United States during that great wave of immigration that happened in this country between 1876 and 1923. when a very tight immigration law clamped down. That is another one we are about to address. the new immigration law. and I hope we will take a very responsible attitude toward that. remembering how much the immigrants who came through New York Harbor. and saluted the Statue of Liberty. have contributed to this country. Again. I want to thank the distinguished gentleman from Pennsylvania and the gentleman from Ohio for bringing this resolution to the floor.
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