Washington, April 13 -- Congressman Steny H. Hoyer issued the following press release:
Today, Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (MD-05) released the following statement on Holocaust Remembrance Day, Yom HaShoah:
"Today, I join in observing Yom HaShoah and remembering the 6 million Jews killed in the Nazis' horrific genocide. We honor the courage of the resistors, resilience of the survivors, and the heroism of those who risked their lives to save their neighbors.
"Our responsibility to share the lessons we learned from the horrors of the Holocaust becomes greater as we witness the many ongoing attempts to deny, distort, and even glorify this dark period of history. Two-and-a-half years after Hamas's brutal October 7 attack on Israel, we continu...