[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 121 Agreed to Senate (ATS)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
S. RES. 121

              To honor the work and life of Cesar Chavez.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                June 17 (legislative day, June 15), 1993

   Mr. Reid  (for himself, Mr. Kennedy, Mr. Bingaman, Mr. Simon, Mr. 
 Bradley) submitted the following resolution; which was considered and 
                               agreed to

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                               RESOLUTION


 
              To honor the work and life of Cesar Chavez.

Whereas Cesar Chavez inspired America with his fight to improve the lives of 
        migrant farmworkers;
Whereas Cesar Chavez dedicated his life to serving the economically 
        disadvantaged and politically disenfranchised;
Whereas Cesar Chavez's struggle to organize migrant farmworkers was accomplished 
        with a commitment to nonviolence;
Whereas Cesar Chavez, as president and founder of the United Farm Workers Union, 
        brought a better life to thousands of laborers;
Whereas Cesar Chavez's life's work brought dignity and respect to all Mexican-
        Americans and other minority workers;
Whereas Cesar Chavez's efforts made possible the first collective bargaining Act 
        for continental United States farmworkers;
Whereas Cesar Chavez drew attention to the dangers caused by agricultural 
        pesticides to both farmworkers and consumers; and
Whereas Cesar Chavez has forever changed America for the better: Now, therefore, 
        be it
    Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United 
States of America in Congress assembled, That the Senate of the United 
States honors the work and life of Cesar Chavez as one of the greatest 
leaders of human and civil rights advancement the United States has 
known.

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