Mr. Speaker. I rise to acknowledge the World Refugee Day as we keep the flame of hope alive. showing some 20.8 million internally displaced refugees fleeing persecution who are now looking to the world to ask for relief. As I stand to acknowledge that day. I draw the Houses attention to a day I believe that symbolizes the hopes and dreams of many. Although the occasion of Juneteenth happens to be a holiday that is celebrated by African Americans. It is. in fact. the oldest nationally celebrated commemoration of the ending of slavery in the United States. So I say simply that it is symbolic of people who are in need of empowerment.
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