SPEAKER JOHNSON DELIVERS REMARKS AT THE DAYS OF REMEMBRANCE CEREMONY, PRESENTS CONGRESSIONAL GOLD MEDAL TO FAMILY OF U.S. SOLDIER WHO PROSECUTED NAZIS

Washington, April 14 -- Congressman Mike Johnson issued the following news release:

Speaker Johnson today delivered remarks at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum's National Commemoration of the Days of Remembrance in the U.S. Capitol. During the ceremony, Speaker Johnson presented the Congressional Gold Medal to the family of Benjamin Ferencz, a U.S. Army soldier who was among the first outsiders to witness the horrors of Nazi concentration camps and later prosecuted Nazis during the Nuremburg trials.

Speaker Johnson was joined by Leader Schumer, Leader Jeffries, Senator Gillibrand, Rep. Wilson, and Rep. Frankel. Members of Benjamin Ferencz's family accepted the Congressional Gold Medal on his behalf.

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