[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 52 (Monday, March 26, 2007)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E648]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                       TRIBUTE TO DOLORES HUERTA

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                             HON. JOE BACA

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                         Monday, March 26, 2007

  Mr. BACA. Madam Speaker, I rise today to voice my strong support for 
H. Res. 37. This resolution honors Dolores Huerta for her commitment to 
protecting the rights of women and children everywhere, and improving 
the lives of farm workers.
  I want to thank my colleague from California, Rep. Hilda Solis, for 
sponsoring this resolution.
  Since 1955, Dolores Huerta has been a preeminent figure in the civil 
rights movement. She has dedicated her life to fighting for the rights 
of workers, women, and children. Dolores has lived a life full of 
compassion and love for her fellow man. Her actions helped to change 
the way farm workers were treated and further established fair 
treatment and respectable working conditions for them.
  As a strong female leader, Dolores Huerta defied cultural and gender 
stereotypes. She has been awarded the Eleanor D. Roosevelt Human Rights 
Award and was inducted into the Women's Hall of Fame in 1993. Together 
with Cesar Chavez, she founded the National Farm Workers Association, 
now the United Farm Workers Organizing Committee.
  Beyond her professional work, she is a proud mother of 11 children 
and many grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
  I urge my colleagues to send a message of support for the rights of 
all workers and to honor the accomplishments of a true revolutionary, 
Dolores Huerta, by supporting H. Res. 37.

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