[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 126 (Thursday, August 2, 2007)]
[Senate]
[Pages S10783-S10784]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         HATCH CHILE FESTIVIAL

 Mr. DOMENICI. Mr. President, today, I would like to mark the 
annual chile festival in Hatch, NM.
  For the last 36 years on Labor Day weekend thousands of New Mexicans 
and people from around the country converge on Hatch for fun and good 
food. The Hatch chile festival is the

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premiere celebration of this fiery food that is near and dear to the 
hearts of New Mexicans. Chile, both red and green, is one of the 
distinctive flavors that makes New Mexico such a wonderful place to 
live and visit. A good deal of that chile originates in Hatch and it 
has rightly earned the title ``chile capital of the world.''
  I hope this year's chile festival will be a success. I am sure all 
involved will walk away satisfied and with full stomachs.

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