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September 17r 19&7
for the reflection that will help: us and
our children; to understand the circumstances and causes, surrounding the internment of Japanese-American; civilians, and to ensure that a similar incident will not happen in the future.
Mr. Chairman, X rise in support of
this bill, and again urge my colleagues
to support H.R. 442 in its entirety;.
Mr. WRIGHT. Mr, Chairman,, anything I or any other Member might
say at this point could be quite anticli-
mactic.
I simply want to suggest that I can
think of no finer way to celebrate the
200th anniversary of the Constitution
of the United States than; to rectify a
wrong.
I can think of no better statement of
the bona fides of our intention than to
admit that we were grievously wrong,
to make atonement, and thus to reaffirm our commitment that the Constitution of the United States applies
equally to all American citizens.
Forty-five years ago some 126,000
people were uprooted from, their
homes, taken from their businesses
and from their farms, and imprisoned
on no other ground or cause than
their racial ancestry.
Clearly, that was a violation of the
Constitution. There can be no question. Without due process, without
any allegation of any individual
wrongdoing, they were incarcerated
It was one of those grotesque political aberrations in America's political
life that have occurred occasionally hv
moments of extreme national stress,
which we later deeply regret, and for
which we seek to make amends.
It is quite true that no amount of
money can adequately repay for the
loss of dignity, loss of face, the insult,
the hurt, the denial that was visited
upon these American citizens; but we
owe it to ourselves to make atonement.
Conrad Adenauer, when' head of the
Federal German Republic in the
1950's, proposed that Germany should
pay substantial economic aid to Israer,
then an infant republic attempting to
establish itself in the Middle East.
There were those who asked Conrad
Adenauer why money was owed or
why money would be any measure of
the sorrow and shame that was felt by
the German people. Some said this
cannot repay those who were so grievously wronged; this cannot restore life
or liberty to those lives and liberties
were taken by other Germans. And
Conrad Adenauer replied, No, perhaps
not, but the atonement we owe not to
others, but to ourselves: It was in the
nature of a penance to cleanse and restore the German soul.
Now on this 200th anniversary of
our Constitution, I think all of us
know that wrongs were committed,
and any of us who have a doubt might
try to imagine how he and his family
might have felt if—for no other reason
than the land from which their ancestors came—they had been seized
taken from their homes, denied their
liberties, and incarcerated in prison
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE
for the better part of 4 years with the
implication that they were d&loyal
Americans:
T think T know hew I would have
felt, though nobody can really know
who has net been- in that position. So I
ask the Members to vote down the
amendment, though T know the gentleman from California the author,
means well and does not condone what
was done.
f ask the Members to vote for the
bill: I think it will send a message
down the corridors of the future that
America is big* enough to admit a mistake and honest enough within itself
to try to make atonement for the
error.
Some still live who were mistreated
irt this fashion. To them this will say
we are sorry. We open our arms to
you. We make redress for the wrong
that we committed against you, and
we offer this as an atonement; and we
ccrmmit ourselves unequivocally by
this act to the official proposition that
all Americans, of whatever ancestry or
origin or condition, are entitled to the
protection of law.
V. t& ■:. O1340- "-■■■'•
The CHAIRMAN". The question is on
the amendment offered by the gentleman from California [Mr. Ldngren].
The question was. taken; and the
Chairman announced that the noes
appeared to have it. , ,"
RECORDET* VOTE
Mr. LUNGREN. Mr. Chairman, I
demand a recorded vote:
A recorded vote was ordered.
The vote was taken by electronic
device, and there were—ayes 162, noes
2a?, answered "present" 1, not voting
34, as follows:
. moll No. 320] A
AYES—162
117587*
Applegate
Dowdy
Ireland
Archer
Dreier
Jenkins
Armey
Dyson
Kanjorski
Baker
Emerson
Kasich
Ballenger
Erdreieh
Kolbe
Barnard'
Pawell
Kyi
Bartlett
Fields
Lagomarsino
Barton
Flippo
Leath(TX)
Bateman.
Ford (MI)
Lent.
Bentley
Frenzel
Lewis (FL)
Bereuter
Gallegiy
Lightfoot
Bevul
Gaydos
Livingston
Biiirakis
Gekas
Lott
Bliley
Goodling
Lowery (CA)
Boucher
Gradison
Lirjan
Boulter
Grandy
Lukens. Donald
Brooks
Grant.
Lungren
Broomfield
Green
Mack
Buechner
Gregg
Marlenee
Bunning
Guarini
Martin (IL)
Burton
HalHTX)
Martin (STY)
Byron
Hansen-
McCandless
Callahan
Harris
McCollum
Carper-
Hastert
McEwen
Chapman
Hatcher
McMillan (NO
Clarke
Hayes (LA)
Meyers
Coats
Hefley
Michel
Coble
Hefner
Miller (OH)
Coleman (MO)
Henry
Montgomery
Combest
Hiler
Moorhead
Cooper
Ho How ay
Myers
Daniel
Hopkins
Nichols
Darden
Houghton
Olrn
Daub
Hubbard
Packard
DeLay
Huckaby
Parrfs
Dickinson
Hunter
Pease
DioGuardi
Hutto
Penny
DorgantND)
Inhofe
Petri
Pickett *— *
Shumway
Sundquist
Price (NO
Sinister
Sweeney
Pursell
Sisisks -.
Tallon
Ray
Slaughter rVW
Tauke
Regula
. Smith (NE).
Taylor
Rhodes
Smith (TX)
Thomas (CA*
Ridge
Smith. Denny
Thomas (GA) ■
Ritter .-
(OR) .
. Traxler
Roberts
Smith. Robert
Upton
Robinson
(NH)
Vander Jagt
Rogers ■..-..••.
i Smith, Robert
. Walker
Rose
(OR) a
Watkins- - —_• r
Roth
Solomon
Whittaker ■ :
Rowland (GA*
Stangeland
Wolf
Schaefer
Stenholm
Wylie
Senscnbrenner
Stratton
Shaw
Stump
NOES-237
Young(FL)
Ackerman
Gejdenson
Nowak . -
Akaka
Gibbons
Oakar
Alexander
Gilman
Oberstar
Anderson
Gingrich
Obey
Andrews
Glickman
Ortiz
Annunzio
Gonzalez-
Owens (NY)
Anthony
Gray (IL)
Owens (UTJ
Aspin
Gray (FA)
Paahayan ~;
Atkins
Gunderson
Patterson- "•- --'■
AuCoin -
Hall (OH)
Pepper
Badham
Hamilton
Perkins
Bates
HammerschmJdt Pickle
Beilenson
Hawkins
Porter
Bennett
Hayes (ID
Price (IL)
Berman . •
Herger
Rahall
Bilbray
Hertel
Range!
Boehlert
Hochbrueckner
Ravener
Boland
Horton
Richardson
Bonior (MI).
Howard
Rinaido
Bosco
Hoyer
Rodino
Boxer
Hughes
Roe
Brennan
• Hyde.
Rostenkowski
Brown (CA) ■
Jacobs. ,;
Roukema
Brown CCO)
Jeffords
Rowland (CT) .
Bruce-
Johnson (CT)
Roybal*
Bryant
Johnson «5D>
Russo
Bustamante
Jones(NC)
Sabo i .
Campbell
Jones (TN)
Saiki ., ,
Cardin ,
Jontz
Sawyer
Carr ' — —
Kaptor-'; '
Saxton -
Chandler _ v.
Kastei^neier
Ssheoer -:.;
Cheney
Kennedy.
Schneider
Clay
'" Kennelly
Schuette
dinger
Kildee
Sctraize-
Coelho
Kleczka
Scbnmer
Coleman (TX)
Kostmayer
Sharp
Conte
LaFalce
Shays
Conyers
Lancaster
Slkorski
Courter
Leach(IA)
Skaggs
Coyne
Lehman (CA)
Skeen
Craig
Lehman (FL)
Slattery
Crockett
Leland
Slaughter (NY)
Dannemeyer
Levin (MI)
Smith (FL)
Davis (IL)
Levine(CA)
Smith (IA)
Davis (MI)
Lewis (CA)
Smith (NJ>
de la Garza
Lewis (GA)
Snowe
DeFazio
Lipinski
Solarz
Dellums
Lowry (WA)
Spratt
Derrick
Luken. Thomas
St Germain
DeWine
MacKay
Staggers
Dicks
Madigan
S tailings
Dmgel!
Manton
Stark
Dixon
Markey
Stokes
Donnelly
Martinez
Studds
Downey
Matsui
Swift
Duncan
Mazzoli
SwindaJl
Durbin
MeCloskey
Synar
Dwyer .
McDade
Tarre*
Dymally
McGrath
Torricelll
Early
McHugh
Traficant
Eckart
McMillen (MD)
Udall
Edwards (CA)
Mfume
Valentine
Edwards (OK)
Mies
V«nto
^English
Miller (CA)
Visclosky
Espy
Mffler (WA)
Volkmer
Evans
Moakley
Vucanovich
Fascell
Molinari
Walgren
Fazio
Mollohan
Waxman
Peighan
Moody
Weber
Pish
Morella
Weldon
Flake
Morrison (CT)
Wheat
Florio-
Morrison (WA)
Whitten
Foglietta.
H^aja^
Williams
Foley
Murphy
Wilson
Ford (TN-)
Murtha
Woroe-
Frank
Nagle
Wortley
Frost
Natcher
Wyden
Gallo
Nelson
Yates
Garcia;
Ntelson
Young (AK)
Object Description
| Title | Congressional Record |
| Description | A collection of government documents is presented. In more specific, a House of Representatives bill was presented. |
| Location | Fresno, California |
| Facility | Temporary Assembly Centers--Fresno |
| Subjects | Redress and reparations |
| Type | image |
| Genre | Government record |
| Language | eng |
| Collection | Hirasuna Family Papers |
| Collection Description | 2 items |
| Project Name | California State University Japanese American Digitization Project |
| Rights | Rights not yet transferred |
Description
| Local ID | csufr_hfp_0853 |
| Project ID | csufr_hfp_0853 |
| Title | Page 1 |
| Creator | Unknown |
| Date Created | 1987 - 09 - 17 |
| Location | Fresno, California |
| Facility | Temporary Assembly Centers--Fresno |
| Subjects | Redress and reparations |
| Type | image |
| Genre | Government record |
| Language | eng |
| Collection | Hirasuna Family Papers |
| Collection Description | 7.75 x 10.90in |
| Rights | Rights not yet transferred |
| Transcript | September 17r 19&7 for the reflection that will help: us and our children; to understand the circumstances and causes, surrounding the internment of Japanese-American; civilians, and to ensure that a similar incident will not happen in the future. Mr. Chairman, X rise in support of this bill, and again urge my colleagues to support H.R. 442 in its entirety;. Mr. WRIGHT. Mr, Chairman,, anything I or any other Member might say at this point could be quite anticli- mactic. I simply want to suggest that I can think of no finer way to celebrate the 200th anniversary of the Constitution of the United States than; to rectify a wrong. I can think of no better statement of the bona fides of our intention than to admit that we were grievously wrong, to make atonement, and thus to reaffirm our commitment that the Constitution of the United States applies equally to all American citizens. Forty-five years ago some 126,000 people were uprooted from, their homes, taken from their businesses and from their farms, and imprisoned on no other ground or cause than their racial ancestry. Clearly, that was a violation of the Constitution. There can be no question. Without due process, without any allegation of any individual wrongdoing, they were incarcerated It was one of those grotesque political aberrations in America's political life that have occurred occasionally hv moments of extreme national stress, which we later deeply regret, and for which we seek to make amends. It is quite true that no amount of money can adequately repay for the loss of dignity, loss of face, the insult, the hurt, the denial that was visited upon these American citizens; but we owe it to ourselves to make atonement. Conrad Adenauer, when' head of the Federal German Republic in the 1950's, proposed that Germany should pay substantial economic aid to Israer, then an infant republic attempting to establish itself in the Middle East. There were those who asked Conrad Adenauer why money was owed or why money would be any measure of the sorrow and shame that was felt by the German people. Some said this cannot repay those who were so grievously wronged; this cannot restore life or liberty to those lives and liberties were taken by other Germans. And Conrad Adenauer replied, No, perhaps not, but the atonement we owe not to others, but to ourselves: It was in the nature of a penance to cleanse and restore the German soul. Now on this 200th anniversary of our Constitution, I think all of us know that wrongs were committed, and any of us who have a doubt might try to imagine how he and his family might have felt if—for no other reason than the land from which their ancestors came—they had been seized taken from their homes, denied their liberties, and incarcerated in prison CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE for the better part of 4 years with the implication that they were d&loyal Americans: T think T know hew I would have felt, though nobody can really know who has net been- in that position. So I ask the Members to vote down the amendment, though T know the gentleman from California the author, means well and does not condone what was done. f ask the Members to vote for the bill: I think it will send a message down the corridors of the future that America is big* enough to admit a mistake and honest enough within itself to try to make atonement for the error. Some still live who were mistreated irt this fashion. To them this will say we are sorry. We open our arms to you. We make redress for the wrong that we committed against you, and we offer this as an atonement; and we ccrmmit ourselves unequivocally by this act to the official proposition that all Americans, of whatever ancestry or origin or condition, are entitled to the protection of law. V. t& ■:. O1340- "-■■■'• The CHAIRMAN". The question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from California [Mr. Ldngren]. The question was. taken; and the Chairman announced that the noes appeared to have it. , ," RECORDET* VOTE Mr. LUNGREN. Mr. Chairman, I demand a recorded vote: A recorded vote was ordered. The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were—ayes 162, noes 2a?, answered "present" 1, not voting 34, as follows: . moll No. 320] A AYES—162 117587* Applegate Dowdy Ireland Archer Dreier Jenkins Armey Dyson Kanjorski Baker Emerson Kasich Ballenger Erdreieh Kolbe Barnard' Pawell Kyi Bartlett Fields Lagomarsino Barton Flippo Leath(TX) Bateman. Ford (MI) Lent. Bentley Frenzel Lewis (FL) Bereuter Gallegiy Lightfoot Bevul Gaydos Livingston Biiirakis Gekas Lott Bliley Goodling Lowery (CA) Boucher Gradison Lirjan Boulter Grandy Lukens. Donald Brooks Grant. Lungren Broomfield Green Mack Buechner Gregg Marlenee Bunning Guarini Martin (IL) Burton HalHTX) Martin (STY) Byron Hansen- McCandless Callahan Harris McCollum Carper- Hastert McEwen Chapman Hatcher McMillan (NO Clarke Hayes (LA) Meyers Coats Hefley Michel Coble Hefner Miller (OH) Coleman (MO) Henry Montgomery Combest Hiler Moorhead Cooper Ho How ay Myers Daniel Hopkins Nichols Darden Houghton Olrn Daub Hubbard Packard DeLay Huckaby Parrfs Dickinson Hunter Pease DioGuardi Hutto Penny DorgantND) Inhofe Petri Pickett *— * Shumway Sundquist Price (NO Sinister Sweeney Pursell Sisisks -. Tallon Ray Slaughter rVW Tauke Regula . Smith (NE). Taylor Rhodes Smith (TX) Thomas (CA* Ridge Smith. Denny Thomas (GA) ■ Ritter .- (OR) . . Traxler Roberts Smith. Robert Upton Robinson (NH) Vander Jagt Rogers ■..-..••. i Smith, Robert . Walker Rose (OR) a Watkins- - —_• r Roth Solomon Whittaker ■ : Rowland (GA* Stangeland Wolf Schaefer Stenholm Wylie Senscnbrenner Stratton Shaw Stump NOES-237 Young(FL) Ackerman Gejdenson Nowak . - Akaka Gibbons Oakar Alexander Gilman Oberstar Anderson Gingrich Obey Andrews Glickman Ortiz Annunzio Gonzalez- Owens (NY) Anthony Gray (IL) Owens (UTJ Aspin Gray (FA) Paahayan ~; Atkins Gunderson Patterson- "•- --'■ AuCoin - Hall (OH) Pepper Badham Hamilton Perkins Bates HammerschmJdt Pickle Beilenson Hawkins Porter Bennett Hayes (ID Price (IL) Berman . • Herger Rahall Bilbray Hertel Range! Boehlert Hochbrueckner Ravener Boland Horton Richardson Bonior (MI). Howard Rinaido Bosco Hoyer Rodino Boxer Hughes Roe Brennan • Hyde. Rostenkowski Brown (CA) ■ Jacobs. ,; Roukema Brown CCO) Jeffords Rowland (CT) . Bruce- Johnson (CT) Roybal* Bryant Johnson «5D> Russo Bustamante Jones(NC) Sabo i . Campbell Jones (TN) Saiki ., , Cardin , Jontz Sawyer Carr ' — — Kaptor-'; ' Saxton - Chandler _ v. Kastei^neier Ssheoer -:.; Cheney Kennedy. Schneider Clay '" Kennelly Schuette dinger Kildee Sctraize- Coelho Kleczka Scbnmer Coleman (TX) Kostmayer Sharp Conte LaFalce Shays Conyers Lancaster Slkorski Courter Leach(IA) Skaggs Coyne Lehman (CA) Skeen Craig Lehman (FL) Slattery Crockett Leland Slaughter (NY) Dannemeyer Levin (MI) Smith (FL) Davis (IL) Levine(CA) Smith (IA) Davis (MI) Lewis (CA) Smith (NJ> de la Garza Lewis (GA) Snowe DeFazio Lipinski Solarz Dellums Lowry (WA) Spratt Derrick Luken. Thomas St Germain DeWine MacKay Staggers Dicks Madigan S tailings Dmgel! Manton Stark Dixon Markey Stokes Donnelly Martinez Studds Downey Matsui Swift Duncan Mazzoli SwindaJl Durbin MeCloskey Synar Dwyer . McDade Tarre* Dymally McGrath Torricelll Early McHugh Traficant Eckart McMillen (MD) Udall Edwards (CA) Mfume Valentine Edwards (OK) Mies V«nto ^English Miller (CA) Visclosky Espy Mffler (WA) Volkmer Evans Moakley Vucanovich Fascell Molinari Walgren Fazio Mollohan Waxman Peighan Moody Weber Pish Morella Weldon Flake Morrison (CT) Wheat Florio- Morrison (WA) Whitten Foglietta. H^aja^ Williams Foley Murphy Wilson Ford (TN-) Murtha Woroe- Frank Nagle Wortley Frost Natcher Wyden Gallo Nelson Yates Garcia; Ntelson Young (AK) |
