COMMEMORATION
Lawmakers push for congressional honor for Warsaw Ghetto Uprising participants
'It shows, at a time of enormous brutal atrocities, how the human spirit and courage will rise up from the civilian side to resist,’ Rep. Bill Keating said
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Rep. Bill Keating (D-MA) is seen during a House Foreign Affairs Committee markup in Rayburn Building on legislation dealing with Venezuela.
Lawmakers are making a push to award a Congressional Gold Medal, Congress’ highest honor, to participants in the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, which took place 80 years ago this year.
Rep. Bill Keating (D-MA), the bill’s lead sponsor, told Jewish...