Last week, I took my entire congressional staff to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. It was not a ceremonial stop or a symbolic outing: It was a deliberate act of education and responsibility. Everyone who serves in government should understand how quickly a society can unravel when hatred is normalized, truth is distorted, and silence replaces courage.The Holocaust did not begin with gas chambers – it began with words. It began with propaganda, scapegoating, and the slow