[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 8 (Tuesday, January 16, 2007)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E112-E113]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




 ACKNOWLEDGING THE 2007 ``NUESTRO ORGULLO LATINO'' CELEBRATION AND ITS 
                                HONOREES

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                           HON. BRIAN HIGGINS

                              of new york

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, January 16, 2007

  Mr. HIGGINS. Madam Speaker, I rise today to pay tribute to an event, 
the ``Nuestro

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Orgullo Latino'' celebration, Our Latin Pride, which honors Hispanics 
in the western New York area that have achieved professional success in 
the passing year.
  This year the event will recognize 16 individuals that have achieved 
various accomplishments. The honorees include an international author, 
legal professionals, educators, municipal employees and private 
business owners.
  This year's honorees are: Cesar Cabrera, Tamara Pozantides, Lorraine 
Clemente, David Rodriguez, Nestor Hernandez, Eugenio Russi, Lourdes T. 
Iglesias, Melissa Sanchez, Olga Karman, Denise Gonez-Santos, Elizabeth 
Martinez-Fildes, Betty Calvo Torres, David Mauricio, Maria Cruz Torres, 
Doris Carbonell-Medina, and Roddy Torres.
  This event is presented by Hispanics United of Buffalo, an 
organization that provides services to thousands a year in Buffalo's 
west side. The event is also organized by the Hispanic Alliance of 
Western New York, a civic association that is committed to community 
affairs for Buffalo's Latino community.
  Madam Speaker, it is with great pleasure and gratitude that I stand 
here today joining many others in commending the honorees of this 
year's event for their accomplishments and wishing them a continually 
prosperous and successful future.

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