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Mr. MOYLAN. Madam Speaker, I rise today to commemorate the 82nd anniversary of the liberation of Guam.
island after nearly 3 years of Japanese occupation. For the CHamoru people and all who called Guam home, liberation marked the end of a period defined by fear and suffering.
Today, I recognize the special courage of Guam's Greatest Generation. Throughout the occupation, there was one source of strength that united the people: their faith. When families were separated, they prayed. When food was scarce, they prayed. When they faced the uncertainty that tomorrow might never come, they prayed. Prayer became the act of hope.
secret, gathering quietly with family, and finding strength in Scripture. Those prayers sustained a people who refused to lose their humanity, even during one of the darkest chapters of Guam's history.
won through the ones who fought on the battlefield, many endured through the steadfast faith of those who never gave up hope at home.
later. We continue to pray for lasting peace, the safety of the brave men and women who serve our Nation today, and a world where future generations will never have to endure what Guam experienced during World War II.
Madam Speaker, we commemorate this year's theme: “Para I Onra, Para I Gloria”; “For Her Honor, For Her Glory.” May God continue to watch over our beloved island of Guam and grant us the lasting peace for generations to come.
denouncing ending birthright citizenship for territories
Mr. MOYLAN. Madam Speaker, I rise today to strongly denounce the End Birthright Citizenship for the Territories Act.
explicitly carves out protection for the children born to U.S. citizens and permanent residents on Guam who will fully retain their American citizenship.
for our local families. Madam Speaker, do not mistake a patronizing concession for respect. The clause does not ease the fundamental insult of this legislation. It merely exposes its hypocrisy.
is attempting to do in the territories what the Supreme Court just ruled it cannot constitutionally do in the 50 States.
rather than the full embrace of the 14th Amendment. It creates a dangerous and deeply insulting double standard. It signals to our community that the ground under our feet is a lesser class of American soil.
from Washington legislative whims, the legal fabric of our island cannot be experimented on by Federal mandates.
be tinkered with. It was forged in the fires of World War II, through the brutality of an enemy occupation where our people suffered, yet never once wavered in their alliance to the United States.
where our sons and daughters serve at a rate higher than nearly any jurisdiction in the Nation.
Republic that Congress can selectively alter birthright citizenship on their soil is a profound sign of disrespect. It treats the sacred bond of our citizenship as a secondary status subject to the political whims of Washington.
We do not ask for constitutional handouts or patronizing exemptions. We ask for equality. We demand that the soil our veterans defended be treated with the exact same constitutional reverence as the 50 States.
my colleagues reject this double standard and join me in denouncing this bill.