I wish to recognize Baltic Freedom Day. which was commemorated June 14. 1991. Fifty years ago. Soviet soldiers began mass deportations of Estonian. Latvian. and Lithuanian citizens to camps in Siberia. In 1 day alone. June 14. 1941. 60.000 Baltic men. women. and children were taken from their homes. Ultimately. more than 600.000 Baltic people were deported from their native countries and sent to the camps. where many of them died. For the past 10 years. the Congress of the United States has passed legislation urging the President to declare June 14 as Baltic Freedom Day. I have cosponsored the legislation every year.
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