House Proceeding 05-04-09 on May 4th, 2009 :: 0:17:10 to 0:23:00
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Joe Baca: of mexico's proud past, but ongoing shared commitment of independence, democracy and security. i thank congressman baca for introducing this timely resolution and reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves the balance the gentleman from new jersey. mr. payne: at this time, i yield five minutes to the sponsor of the resolution, mr. joe baca.

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Speech By: Joe Baca

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Joe Baca: the speaker pro tempore: the recognized for five minutes. mr. baca: i would like to thank the congressman from new jersey for his leadership on bringing this resolution d also as the chair of the subcommittee on africa and i would like to thank the gentleman from arkansas for bringing up the resolution that's important to a lot of us

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Joe Baca: and thank the ranking members, because ranking member of the foreign affairs committee, and that's howard berman and ranking me their leadehip and support in bringing this bipartisan effort to the floor. i rise in support of h.r. 230, a resolution recognizing the

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Joe Baca: historical significance of a mexican holiday of cinco de mayo. this resolution recognizes cinco de mayo holiday which honors the spirit and the courage of the mexican people involved in the battle of puebla on may 5, 1982. in that battle, general zaragoza

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Joe Baca: led the forces against the well-trained french army which outnumbed the mexicans. ter only four hours general zaragoza was able to claim victory. as a result general zaragoza's tremendous victory, the french forces sustained heavy losses and were forced to withdraw from

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Joe Baca: the area. along with mexican independence day on september 16, cinco de mayo has become a time to celebrate mexican heritage, culture, with pride andignity. while cinco de mayo commemorates the mexican army's victory over the french in this battle, it was one of many battles that the mexican people won in the long

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Joe Baca: and brave struggle for independence and freedom. and this is what they fight for today in comprehensive immigration. today, cinco de mayo is celebrated not only and recognized the defeat of the french army, but celebrates the virtue of courage and patriotism

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Joe Baca: of all mexicans who havfought for their freedom and independence. and today, we will also celebrate cinco de mayo in the white house with president obama. however, it serves as a reminder to all of us that the wonderful culture and aracteristics that latinos have brought to this country. i'm an example of what i'm

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Joe Baca: wearing right now. latinos are fastest growing minority population in this country, accounting for 45 million, 49 million if you include puerto rico and represents 17% of the total population. the contributions made by latinos to our american culture and -- are countless, ranging

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Joe Baca: from busines to art, to sports, science, you name it. you see all kinds of figures. latinos have fought hard and are willing to make the ultimate sacrifice for this country and have fought in every major war in the u.s. you have seen them fight for this country. we have served with honor to defend this great country and we

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Joe Baca: will do it because we believe in it and that' the united states for the freedom that we have. there are 30 latinoembers in the united states congress, bipartisan. also, we have secretary ken salazar, department of interior and secretary hilda solis, department of labor, both latino origin.

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Joe Baca: this is a driving force that the latinos on have become economically, socially and politically. simbingsimbing -- cinco de mayo serves as a great reminder with our relationship with our neighbors in the south. goods were traded between the united states and mexico. that makes mexico our nation's

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Joe Baca: third leading trading partner. cinco de mayo provides us with a great opportunity to look back at our own heritage as americans and i say as americans. our ancestors came from diverse cuures and different homelands. yet they banded together to fight against oppression and tyranny helping to form this

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Joe Baca: great country we have today. while latinos have come a long ways, we all must come together to maksure that we exist in our communities and deal with social and economic disadvantages that affect all of us. my colleagues in the congress share a common purpose, working

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Joe Baca: to break down the walls and increase opportunities in areas such as care so that we all have equity, regardless of who we are and where we come from. this past february, i s proud to give my support to the recovery act. as a great member of the hispanic family as well as many

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Joe Baca: other american families who are struggling during this recession, this act helps to create jobs for millions of americans, inv and education -- mr. payne: i yield the gentleman an additional minute. mr. baca: let's support h.r. and ask for your support.

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Joe Baca: i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. the gentleman from arkansas.