The Tenement Museum is their monument. and as their descendants. it is ours as well. Congress has an opportunity to recognize the pioneer spirit of our ancestors and deliver it to future generations of Americans. The museum reminds us all of an important and often forgotten chapter in our immigrant heritage. mainly. that millions of families made their first stand in our Nation not in a log cabin or farm house or mansion. but in a city tenement. Designating the Lower East Side Tenement Museum a National Historic Site and granting it affiliated area status within the National Park Service will shed light on that chapter in our history while linking it to the chain of the Statue of Liberty. Ellis Islands and Castle Clinton in the story of our urban immigrant heritage. I urge my colleagues to Join Senator MOYNIHAN and me in cosponsoring this bill. and I urge its speedy consideration by the Senate. Mr.
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