Over 150+ Members Join Salazar’s Bill Honoring Diplomats for Heroism During Holocaust

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Rep. María Elvira Salazar (R-FL) announced that her bill, the Forgotten Heroes of the Holocaust Congressional Gold Medal Act (H.R. 537), has garnered more than 150 bipartisan cosponsors. Reps. Salazar and Ritchie Torres (D-NY) first introduced this bill in January.

“This bill honoring those heroes who risked their lives to save innocent Jews during the Holocaust is building serious momentum,” said Rep. Salazar. “In a time when Jewish people in Israel and around the world are facing terrorism and persecution of biblical proportions, Congress must pass this bill to send the message that we in the United States will never forget and will always stay vigilant.”

H.R. 537 would grant the Congressional Gold Medal to the 60 diplomats from around the world who, through various means, saved the lives of Jews fleeing Nazi persecution. In most cases, diplomats would issue passports and travel visas to Jewish families often at great risk to their own lives. These actions alone saved the lives of hundreds of thousands of Jewish lives.

As a Subcommittee Chairwoman on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, Salazar is one of the top leaders in Congress on fighting the threat of antisemitism worldwide and U.S.-Israel policy. In addition to leading efforts to stop antisemitism in Latin America, she is fighting to protect Israel against existential threats like Iran, replenish the Iron Dome missile defense system, fight Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) policies, strengthen U.S.-Israel cooperation in security and industry, and combat terrorist groups like Hamas and Hezbollah.

To read the full text of the bill, click HERE.

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