Speaker. today I want to tell the story of a constituent of mine whose life has exemplified the American Dream. Joe Schneider was born in Kernei. Yugoslavia. in 1929. While his father was off fighting in World War II. Joe led his displaced family on a journey throughout Eastern Europe. As refugees. the war years were extremely challenging. and he eventually lost a leg at the age of 15. His family was given the opportunity to leave Austria and arrived in the U.S. as immigrants in 1951. Without speaking a word of English. he set out to start working as a tailor. He finally lived his dream when he founded Joes Tailor Shop at 50.
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