As We Have Seen So

My Grandfather, In 1848, Had Fled From Germany To Find Political Freedom In The United States.

For The First 10 Years Of My Life In Congress, I Had Been Too Timid To Tell The Truth As I Saw It. In A Way I Had Betrayed My Trust.

My Grandfather Was Catholic; My Grandmother, Jewish. Crossing Over From Bavaria, As Immigrants To The United States, The Ship Started To Sink. My Grandmother Jumped Overboard. My Grandfather Followed, To Save This Girl He Had Never Met.

On The One Hand We Publicly Pronounce The Equality Of All Peoples; On The Other Hand, In Our Immigration Laws, We Embrace In Practice These Very Theories We Abhor And Verbally Condemn.

The Power To Investigate Is A Great Public Trust.