Denouncing the Horrors of Socialism

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Mr. ROSE. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in support of H. Con. Res. 58, titled: ``Denouncing the Horrors of Socialism.'' It is a shame that I have to defend the obvious, but it is necessary because, unfortunately, across the Nation, progressive Democrats are increasingly cozy with the failed, discredited ideology.

Socialism has time and again led to economic ruin, human deprivation, and mass suffering. From the breadlines of Eastern Europe to the failed Communist regimes of Cuba and Venezuela, socialism promises equality but delivers it selectively. It promises security but delivers surveillance. It promises fairness but delivers oppression and democide.

Yet, shockingly, socialism is making a comeback here in America, even in the world's greatest city. The newly elected, self-proclaimed democratic socialist mayor of New York City, Zohran Mamdani, offers socialism. He is a mayor who champions radical economic overreach, a progressive ideology that can easily turn once-prosperous countries into wastelands.

Americans built New York City as a gateway for immigrants seeking a better life. We built it on freedom, self-reliance, and open markets, not on forced redistribution or centralized planning.

The situation now extends to Seattle, where the mayor-elect has chosen to boycott Starbucks, a company founded in her own city.

Is this what we want, a country where those who run our cities turn their backs on the very entrepreneurial spirit that made them thrive?

Meanwhile, I believe that we are still that shining city on the hill. We welcome more legal immigrants than any nation on Earth, more than the next four countries combined. They don't come because they crave government control, but because they flee it. They come for liberty. They come for freedom.

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