May 26, 2011 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S3451 SUBMITTED RESOLUTIONS Mink, the first Asian-American Congress- (2) encourages the celebration during woman, and Norman Y. Mineta, the first Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month of Asian-American member of a presidential the significant contributions Asian-Ameri- SENATE RESOLUTION 200—RECOG- cabinet, have made significant strides in the cans and Pacific Islanders have made to the NIZING THE SIGNIFICANCE OF political and military realms; ; and THE DESIGNATION OF THE Whereas the Presidential Cabinet of the (3) recognizes that the Asian-American and Obama Administration includes a record 3 Pacific Islander community strengthens and MONTH OF MAY AS ASIAN/PA- Asian-Americans, including Secretary of En- enhances the rich diversity of the United CIFIC AMERICAN HERITAGE ergy Steven Chu, Secretary of Commerce States. MONTH Gary Locke, and Secretary of Veterans Af- f Mr. AKAKA (for himself, Mr. INOUYE, fairs Eric Shinseki; Whereas in 2011, the Congressional Asian SENATE RESOLUTION 201—EX- Mrs. MURRAY, Mrs. FEINSTEIN, and Mr. Pacific American Caucus, a bicameral cau- PRESSING THE REGRET OF THE REID of Nevada) submitted the fol- cus of Members of Congress advocating on SENATE FOR THE PASSAGE OF lowing resolution; which was referred behalf of Asian-Americans and Pacific Is- DISCRIMINATORY LAWS to the Committee on the Judiciary: landers, includes 30 Members of Congress; AGAINST THE CHINESE IN AMER- S. RES. 200 Whereas Asian-Americans and Pacific Is- ICA, INCLUDING THE CHINESE Whereas each May, the people of the landers have made history by assuming of- EXCLUSION ACT fice in a number of new and historically sig- United States join together to pay tribute to Mr. BROWN of Massachusetts (for the contributions of the generations of nificant positions, including Nikki Haley, Asian-Americans and Pacific Islanders who the first Asian-American and first female himself, Mrs. FEINSTEIN, Mr. HATCH, have enriched the history of the United Governor of the State of South Carolina, Mrs. MURRAY, Mr. CARDIN, Mr. RUBIO, States; Edwin M. Lee, the first Asian-American and Mr. AKAKA) submitted the fol- Whereas the history of Asian-Americans Mayor of , , and Jean lowing resolution; which was referred and Pacific Islanders in the United States is Quan, the first Asian-American and first to the Committee on the Judiciary: woman to serve as Mayor of Oakland, Cali- inextricably tied to the history of the United S. RES. 201 fornia; States; Whereas many Chinese came to the United Whereas as of 2011, according to the United Whereas as of the date of approval of this resolution, Asian-American and Pacific Is- States in the 19th and 20th centuries, as did States Census Bureau, the Asian-American people from other countries, in search of the and Pacific Islander community is 1 of the lander leaders are serving in State legisla- tures across the United States in record opportunity to create a better life for them- fastest growing and most diverse populations selves and their families; in the United States and is comprised of numbers, including in the States of Alaska, Arizona, California, Connecticut, Georgia, Whereas the contributions of persons of more than 45 distinct ethnicities and more Chinese descent in the agriculture, mining, than 28 language groups; Hawaii, Idaho, Iowa, Maryland, , New York, Ohio, , Texas, Vir- manufacturing, construction, fishing, and Whereas the 2010 United States Census es- canning industries were critical to estab- timates that there are— ginia, Utah, and Washington; Whereas Asian-Americans and Pacific Is- lishing the foundations for economic growth (1) 17,300,000 United States residents who in the Nation, particularly in the western identify themselves as Asian alone or in landers have risen to some of the highest staff levels in the Obama Administration, in- United States; combination with 1 or more other races; and Whereas United States industrialists re- (2) 1,200,000 United States residents who cluding Pete Rouse, who is the first Asian- American to serve as White House Chief of cruited thousands of Chinese workers to as- identify themselves as Native Hawaiian and sist in the construction of the Nation’s first other Pacific Islander alone or in combina- Staff, Tina Tchen, Chief of Staff to First Lady Michelle Obama, Chris Lu, White major national transportation infrastruc- tion with 1 or more other races; ture, the Transcontinental Railroad; Whereas the United States Census Bureau House Cabinet Secretary, Neal Katyal, Act- ing Solicitor General of the United States, Whereas Chinese laborers, who made up projects that by the year 2050— the majority of the western portion of the (1) there will be 40,600,000 United States Rajiv Shah, Administrator of the United States Agency for International Develop- railroad workforce, faced grueling hours and residents identifying themselves as Asian extremely harsh conditions in order to lay alone or in combination with 1 or more other ment, L. Tammy Duckworth, Assistant Sec- retary for Public and Intergovernmental Af- hundreds of miles of track and were paid sub- races, comprising 9 percent of the total popu- standard wages; lation of the United States; and fairs of the Department of Veterans Affairs, Anthony M. Babauta, Assistant Secretary Whereas without the tremendous efforts (2) there will be 2,600,000 United States and technical contributions of these Chinese residents identifying themselves as Native for Insular Areas of the Department of Inte- rior, and many others; immigrants, the completion of this vital na- Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander alone or tional infrastructure would have been seri- as Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Is- Whereas the commitment of the United States to judicial diversity has been dem- ously impeded; lander in combination with 1 or more other Whereas from the middle of the 19th cen- races, comprising 0.6 percent of the total onstrated through the nomination of high caliber Asian-Americans and other minority tury through the early 20th century, Chinese population of the United States; immigrants faced racial ostracism and vio- Whereas the month of May was selected for jurists at all levels of the Federal bench; Whereas significant outreach efforts to the lent assaults, including— Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month due (1) the 1887 Snake River Massacre in Or- Asian-American and Pacific Islander com- to the facts that on May 7, 1843, the first egon, at which 31 Chinese miners were killed; Japanese immigrants arrived in the United munity have been made through the reestab- and States, and on May 10, 1869, the first trans- lishment of the White House Initiative on (2) numerous other incidents, including at- continental railroad was completed, with Asian-Americans and Pacific Islanders to co- tacks on Chinese immigrants in Rock substantial contributions from Chinese im- ordinate multiagency efforts to ensure more Springs, San Francisco, Tacoma, and Los migrants; accurate data collection and access to serv- Angeles; Whereas Asian-Americans and Pacific Is- ices for the community; Whereas the United States instigated the landers have faced injustices throughout the Whereas even with the exceptional mile- negotiation of the Burlingame Treaty, rati- history of the United States, including the stones achieved by the Asian-American and fied by the Senate on October 19, 1868, which Act of May 5, 1892 (27 Stat. 25, chapter 60) Pacific Islander community, there remains permitted the free movement of the Chinese (commonly known as the ‘‘’’ or the much to be done to ensure that linguistically people to, from, and within the United ‘‘’’), the internment of and culturally isolated Asian-Americans and States and accorded to China the status of Japanese-Americans during World War II, Pacific Islanders have access to resources, a ‘‘most favored nation’’; unpunished hate crimes, such as the murder voice in the Federal Government, and con- Whereas before consenting to the ratifica- of Vincent Chin, and other events; tinue to advance in the political landscape of tion of the Burlingame Treaty, the Senate Whereas section 102 of title 36, United the United States; and required that the Treaty would not permit States Code, officially designates May as Whereas celebrating Asian/Pacific Amer- Chinese immigrants in the United States to Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month and ican Heritage Month provides the people of be naturalized United States citizens; requests the President to issue an annual the United States with an opportunity to Whereas on July 14, 1870, Congress ap- proclamation calling on the people of the recognize the achievements, contributions, proved An Act to Amend the Naturalization United States to observe the month with ap- and history of Asian-Americans and Pacific Laws and to Punish Crimes against the propriate programs, ceremonies, and activi- Islanders and to appreciate the challenges Same, and for other Purposes, and during ties; faced by Asian-Americans and Pacific Island- consideration of such Act, the Senate ex- Whereas Asian-Americans and Pacific Is- ers: Now, therefore, be it pressly rejected an amendment to allow Chi- landers, such as Yuri Kochiyama, a civil Resolved, That the Senate— nese immigrants to naturalize; rights activist, Herbert Pililaau, recipient of (1) recognizes the significance of the des- Whereas Chinese immigrants were subject the Medal of Honor, Dalip Singh Saund, the ignation of the month of May as Asian/Pa- to the overzealous implementation of the first Asian-American Congressman, Patsy T. cific American Heritage Month; (18 Stat. 477), which—

VerDate Mar 15 2010 01:00 Feb 24, 2012 Jkt 099060 PO 00000 Frm 00085 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\RECORD11\RECFILES\S26MY1.REC S26MY1 bjneal on DSK2TWX8P1PROD with CONG-REC-ONLINE S3452 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE May 26, 2011 (1) ostensibly barred the importation of (4) the United States ‘‘is under God a coun- (1) unworthy of American citizenship; women from ‘‘China, Japan, or any Oriental try of Caucasians, a country of white men, a (2) incapable of assimilation into American country’’ for purposes of prostitution; country to be governed by white men’’; society; and (2) was disproportionately enforced against Whereas, on July 3, 1884, notwithstanding (3) dangerous to the political and social in- Chinese women, effectively preventing the United States treaty obligations with China tegrity of the United States; formation of Chinese families in the United and other nations, Congress broadened the Whereas the express discrimination in States and limiting the number of native- scope of the Chinese Exclusion Act— these Federal statutes politically and ra- born Chinese citizens; (1) to apply to all persons of Chinese de- cially stigmatized Chinese immigration into Whereas, on February 15, 1879, the Senate scent, ‘‘whether subjects of China or any the United States, enshrining in law the ex- passed ‘‘the Fifteen Passenger Bill,’’ which other foreign power’’; and clusion of the Chinese from the political would have limited the number of Chinese (2) to provide more stringent requirements process and the promise of American free- passengers permitted on any ship coming to restricting Chinese immigration; dom; the United States to 15, with proponents of Whereas, on October 1, 1888, the Whereas wartime enemy forces used the the bill expressing that the Chinese were ‘‘an was enacted into law, which— anti-Chinese legislation passed in Congress indigestible element in our midst . . . with- (1) prohibited all Chinese laborers who as evidence of American racism against the out any adaptability to become citizens’’; would choose or had chosen to leave the Chinese, attempting to undermine the Chi- Whereas, on March 1, 1879, President Hayes United States from reentering; nese-American alliance and allied military vetoed the Fifteen Passenger Bill as being (2) cancelled all previously-issued ‘‘certifi- efforts; incompatible with the Burlingame Treaty, cates of return,’’ which prevented approxi- Whereas, in 1943, at the urging of President which declared that ‘‘Chinese subjects vis- mately 20,000 Chinese laborers abroad, in- Franklin D. Roosevelt, and over 60 years iting or residing in the United States, shall cluding 600 individuals who were en route to after the enactment of the first discrimina- enjoy the same privileges . . . in respect to the United States, from returning to their tory laws against Chinese immigrants, Con- travel or residence, as may there be enjoyed families or their homes; and gress— by the citizens and subjects of the most fa- (3) was later determined by the Supreme (1) repealed previously-enacted anti-Chi- vored nation’’; Court to have abrogated the Angell Treaty; nese legislation; and Whereas in the aftermath of the veto of the Whereas, on May 5, 1892, the Geary Act was (2) permitted Chinese immigrants to be- Fifteen Passenger Bill, President Hayes ini- enacted into law, which— come naturalized United States citizens; (1) extended the Chinese Exclusion Act for tiated the renegotiation of the Burlingame Whereas, despite facing decades of system- 10 years; Treaty, requesting that the Chinese govern- atic, pervasive, and sustained discrimina- (2) required all Chinese persons in the ment consent to restrictions on the immi- tion, Chinese immigrants and Chinese-Amer- United States, but no other race of people, to gration of Chinese persons to the United icans persevered and have continued to play register with the Federal Government in States; a significant role in the growth and success order to obtain ‘‘certificates of residence’’; Whereas these negotiations culminated in of the United States; and the Angell Treaty, ratified by the Senate on (3) denied Chinese immigrants the right to Whereas 6 decades of Federal legislation May 9, 1881, which— be released on bail upon application for a deliberately targeting Chinese by race— (1) allowed the United States to suspend, writ of habeas corpus; (1) restricted the capacity of generations of but not to prohibit, the immigration of Chi- Whereas, on an explicitly racial basis, the individuals and families to openly pursue the nese laborers; Geary Act deemed the testimony of Chinese American dream without fear; and (2) declared that ‘‘Chinese laborers who are (2) fostered an atmosphere of racial dis- persons, including American citizens of Chi- now in the United States shall be allowed to crimination that deeply prejudiced the civil nese descent, per se insufficient to establish go and come of their own free will’’; and rights of Chinese immigrants; the residency of a Chinese person subject to (3) reaffirmed that Chinese persons pos- Whereas diversity is one of our Nation’s , mandating that such residence sessed ‘‘all the rights, privileges, immuni- greatest strengths, and, while this Nation be established through the testimony of ‘‘at ties, and exemptions which are accorded to was founded on the principle that all persons least one credible white witness’’; the citizens and subjects of the most favored are created equal, the laws enacted by Con- Whereas, in the 1894 Gresham-Yang Treaty, nation’’; gress in the late 19th and early 20th cen- the Chinese government consented to a pro- Whereas, on March 9, 1882, the Senate turies that restricted the political and civil hibition of Chinese immigration and the en- passed the first Chinese Exclusion Act, rights of persons of Chinese descent violated forcement of the Geary Act in exchange for which purported to implement the Angell that principle; the readmission of previous Chinese resi- Treaty but instead excluded for 20 years both Whereas although an acknowledgment of dents; skilled and unskilled Chinese laborers, re- the Senate’s actions that contributed to dis- jected an amendment that would have per- Whereas in 1898, the United States— (1) annexed Hawaii; crimination against persons of Chinese de- mitted the naturalization of Chinese persons, scent will not erase the past, such an expres- and instead expressly denied Chinese persons (2) took control of the Philippines; and (3) excluded thousands of racially Chinese sion will acknowledge and illuminate the in- the right to be naturalized as American citi- justices in our national experience and help zens; residents of Hawaii and of the Philippines from entering the United States mainland; to build a better and stronger Nation; Whereas, on April 4, 1882, President Ches- Whereas the Senate recognizes the impor- ter A. Arthur vetoed the first Chinese Exclu- Whereas on April 29, 1902, Congress— (1) indefinitely extended all laws regu- tance of addressing this unique framework of sion Act as being incompatible with the lating and restricting Chinese immigration discriminatory laws in order to educate the terms and spirit of the Angell Treaty; and residence; and public and future generations regarding the Whereas, on May 6, 1882, Congress passed (2) expressly applied such laws to United impact of these laws on Chinese and other the second Chinese Exclusion Act, which— States insular territories, including the Phil- Asian persons and their implications to all (1) prohibited skilled and unskilled Chinese ippines; Americans; and laborers from entering the United States for Whereas in 1904, after the Chinese govern- 10 years; Whereas the Senate deeply regrets the en- (2) was the first Federal law that excluded ment exercised its unilateral right to with- actment of the Chinese Exclusion Act and re- a single group of people on the basis of race; draw from the Gresham-Yang Treaty, Con- lated discriminatory laws that— and gress permanently extended, ‘‘without modi- (1) resulted in the persecution and political (3) required certain Chinese laborers al- fication, limitation, or condition’’, all re- alienation of persons of Chinese descent; ready legally present in the United States strictions on Chinese immigration and natu- (2) unfairly limited their civil rights; who later wished to reenter to obtain ‘‘cer- ralization, making the Chinese the only ra- (3) legitimized racial discrimination; and tificates of return’’, an unprecedented re- cial group explicitly singled out for immi- (4) induced trauma that persists within the quirement that applied only to Chinese resi- gration exclusion and permanently ineligible Chinese community: Now, therefore, be it dents; for American citizenship; Resolved, That the Senate— Whereas, in response to reports that courts Whereas between 1910 and 1940, the Angel (1) acknowledges that this framework of were bestowing United States citizenship on Island Immigration Station implemented the anti-Chinese legislation, including the Chi- persons of Chinese descent, the Chinese Ex- Chinese exclusion laws by— nese Exclusion Act, is incompatible with the clusion Act of 1882 explicitly prohibited all (1) confining Chinese persons for up to basic founding principles recognized in the State and Federal courts from naturalizing nearly 2 years; Declaration of Independence that all persons Chinese persons; (2) interrogating Chinese persons; and are created equal; Whereas the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 (3) providing a model for similar immigra- (2) acknowledges that this pattern of anti- underscored the belief of some Senators at tion stations at other locations on the Pa- Chinese legislation, including the Chinese that time that— cific coast and in Hawaii; Exclusion Act, is incompatible with the spir- (1) the Chinese people were unfit to be nat- Whereas each of the congressional debates it of the United States Constitution; uralized; concerning issues of Chinese civil rights, (3) deeply regrets passing 6 decades of leg- (2) the social characteristics of the Chinese naturalization, and immigration involved in- islation directly targeting the Chinese peo- were ‘‘revolting’’; tensely racial rhetoric, with many Members ple for physical and political exclusion and (3) Chinese immigrants were ‘‘like of Congress claiming that all persons of Chi- the wrongs committed against Chinese and parasites’’; and nese descent were— American citizens of Chinese descent who

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Despite these hardships, Chinese im- stress disorder; and migrants persevered, and they continue (3) respectfully requests that the Secretary Mrs. FEINSTEIN. Mr. President, I to make invaluable contributions to rise today to join my colleague, Sen- of the Senate transmit a copy of this resolu- the development and success of our Na- tion to the Secretary of Veterans Affairs and ator SCOTT BROWN, in submitting a res- tion. The enactment of Chinese exclu- the Secretary of Defense. olution that expresses the regret of the sionary laws is a shameful part of our Mr. CONRAD. Mr. President, today I U.S. Senate for the passage of discrimi- history that must not be forgotten. It natory laws against Chinese immi- am introducing for the second year in a is my hope that this resolution will row a Senate resolution to designate grants. These laws are no longer in ef- serve to enlighten those who may not fect today. However, I believe it is im- June 27 as National Post-Traumatic be aware of this regrettable chapter in Stress Disorder Awareness Day. That portant for Congress to express regret our Nation’s history. In addition, I for the many injustices that were expe- date was inspired by the birthday of hope the resolution will help heal and North Dakota National Guard Staff rienced by Chinese immigrants as a re- bring some closure for those who lived sult of these policies, and for all of us Sergeant Joe Biel. Staff Sergeant Biel through this difficult time and are still served two tours of duty in Iraq as a as Americans to learn from this dif- with us today. ficult chapter in our Nation’s past. Trailblazer, part of a unit responsible I urge my colleagues to support this for route clearance operations. Each Let me begin by offering a brief his- bipartisan resolution. tory of the Chinese Exclusion Act. In day, Joe’s mission was to go out with f the 1870s, an economic downturn cre- his unit to find and remove Improvised ated political pressure to slow the SENATE RESOLUTION 202—DESIG- Explosive Devices and other dangers growing population of Chinese immi- NATING JUNE 27, 2011, AS ‘‘NA- from heavily traveled roads to make it grants who were coming to the United TIONAL POST-TRAUMATIC safe for coalition forces and Iraqi civil- States to pursue a better way of life. In STRESS DISORDER AWARENESS ians to travel. As a result of those ex- California, State laws and local ordi- DAY’’ periences, Joe suffered from PTSD and, nances were enacted that denied the Mr. CONRAD (for himself, Mr. LEVIN, tragically, took his own life in April Chinese basic rights and privileges Mr. ROCKEFELLER, and Mr. DURBIN) 2007. There is absolutely no doubt that such as the right to own land and the submitted the following resolution; Joe Biel is a hero who gave his life for ability to access public schools. which was referred to the Committee our country. At the urging of some California law- on the Judiciary: I learned of Joe’s story because makers, the U.S. Congress subse- S. RES. 202 friends from his platoon, the 4th Pla- toon, A Company, of the North Dakota quently passed laws that further denied Whereas the brave men and women of the the rights of Chinese immigrants. The United States Armed Forces, who proudly National Guard’s 164th Combat Engi- harshest of those measures was the serve the United States, risk their lives to neer Battalion, have organized an an- Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 that ex- protect the freedom of the United States and nual motorcycle ride across the state plicitly prohibited all State and Fed- deserve the investment of every reasonable of North Dakota in his memory. The eral courts from naturalizing Chinese resource to ensure their lasting physical, Joe Biel Memorial Ride serves as a re- persons. This legislation was the first mental, and emotional well-being; union for the 164th, a memorial for a Whereas 2.4 percent of servicemembers re- lost friend, and a beacon to those suf- federal law ever enacted to exclude a turning from deployment to Operation En- group of immigrants solely on the basis during Freedom or Operation Iraqi Freedom fering from PTSD and other mental of race or nationality. are clinically diagnosed with post-traumatic issues across the region. The key point The Chinese Exclusion Act was fol- stress disorder (referred to in this preamble made to me by the event’s organizer, lowed by the passage of the Geary Act as ‘‘PTSD’’) and up to 17 percent of Oper- Staff Sergeant Matt Leaf, is that we in 1892, which extended the Chinese Ex- ation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi have to raise awareness of this disease clusion Act for 10 years and required Freedom veterans exposed to sustained so that the lives of servicemembers, ground combat report PTSD symptoms; veterans, and other PTSD sufferers can all Chinese persons in the United Whereas up to 10 percent of Operation States to register with the Federal Desert Storm veterans, 30 percent of Viet- be saved by greater awareness of and Government to obtain certificates of nam veterans, and 8 percent of the general treatment for this disorder. residence to prove their right to be in population of the United States suffer or For many, the war does not end when the U.S. have suffered from PTSD; the warrior comes home. All too many In order to fully understand this Na- Whereas the Department of Veterans Af- servicemembers and veterans face tion’s deep-rooted hostility toward the fairs reports that more than 438,000 veterans PTSD symptoms like anxiety, anger, Chinese during this time period, it is were treated for PTSD in 2010 alone; and depression as they try to adjust to important to contrast the U.S. Govern- Whereas many cases of PTSD remain unre- life after war. We cannot sweep these ported, undiagnosed, and untreated due to a problems under the rug. PTSD is real. ment’s vastly different treatment of lack of awareness about PTSD and the per- European immigrants who entered the sistent stigma associated with mental health The Department of Defense and the De- United States through . Eu- issues; partment of Veterans Affairs have ropean immigrants were not subjected Whereas PTSD significantly increases the made significant advances in the pre- to the same burdensome and risk of depression, suicide, and drug- and al- vention, diagnosis, and treatment of humiliating screening requirements as cohol-related disorders and deaths, espe- PTSD and its symptoms, but many the Chinese. cially if left untreated; challenges remain. More must be done Most are familiar with the stories of Whereas the Departments of Defense and to inform and educate veterans, fami- those coming to Ellis Island and seeing Veterans Affairs have made significant ad- lies and communities on the facts vances in the prevention, diagnosis, and the Statute of Liberty in New York treatment of PTSD and the symptoms of about this illness and the resources and Harbor. However, often forgotten are PTSD, but many challenges remain; and treatments available. the experiences of Chinese immigrants Whereas the establishment of a National That is why SSG Leaf and his fellow who made it to America by way of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Awareness Trailblazers started the Joe Biel Me- Angel Island in California. Day will raise public awareness about issues morial Bike Ride. That is why I began In 1910, the U.S. Government opened related to PTSD and help ensure that those the effort to create a National PTSD the Angel Island Immigration Station suffering from the invisible wounds of war Awareness Day last year. It is why I as a way to isolate Chinese immigrants receive proper treatment: Now, therefore, be am introducing this Resolution once it from the city of San Francisco and the Resolved, That the Senate— again. Actions like this may not seem remainder of the bay area in northern (1) designates June 27, 2011, as ‘‘National that important to some, but they are. California. These immigrants were Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Awareness They garner attention, raise aware- brought to Angel Island Station where Day’’; ness, and help to eliminate the stigma

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