[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 140 (Thursday, September 20, 2007)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1939]
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                     IN RECOGNITION OF DANNY VARGAS

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                           HON. FRANK R. WOLF

                              of virginia

                    in the house of representatives

                      Thursday, September 20, 2007

  Mr. WOLF. Madam Speaker, I want to call to the attention of the House 
the outstanding public service of Raul Danny Vargas to his fellow 
citizens of Virginia's 10th Congressional District.
  Danny took the helm of my 10th District Hispanic Advisory Committee 
when it was created over 2 years ago. As its first chairman, he has 
directed the group's efforts in providing a forum for issues of 
interest to the Hispanic community in northern Virginia and advising me 
on ways to assist the community and respond to its unique concerns.
  Through his extraordinary leadership, the group's membership as well 
as its outreach to the community have grown and advanced. Danny has led 
the committee in advising me on issues of importance to the Hispanic 
community, such as the infiltration of gangs in our community and how 
to respond. He led the advisory panel in organizing a gang prevention 
town hall meeting conducted in Spanish in the Herndon community. The 
committee also has addressed education and immigration issues of 
importance to the growing Hispanic population in northern Virginia.
  Danny is living the ``American Dream.'' He was raised in a single 
parent home along with three other siblings by his mother, who 
immigrated to America from Puerto Rico. Danny served his country as an 
Air Force intelligence officer before launching his own company, VARCom 
Solutions, a full-service marketing, sales, and communications support 
company located in Herndon. An active leader in the business, Hispanic 
and at-large communities, he has served as chairman of the Dulles 
Regional Chamber of Commerce. He also was appointed as a board member 
for two non-profit organizations in northern Virginia--Northern 
Virginia Family Service and the Fairfax Partnership for Youth, lending 
his expertise in marketing, communications, media, and public relations 
to these organizations and their missions to serve the needs of 
families and youth in the region.
  Danny Vargas is a proven and respected business and community leader. 
As he turns over the reins of the 10th District Hispanic Advisory 
Committee, I want to thank him on behalf of the people of the 10th 
District for his hard work and dedication to making the 10th District a 
better place to live and work and raise a family.

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