[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 140 (Tuesday, September 20, 2011)]
[House]
[Pages H6258-H6259]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH

  (Mr. RIVERA asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. RIVERA. Madam Speaker, it is with a great sense of honor and 
pride that I join Congressman Canseco and my fellow Hispanic American 
Members of Congress in recognizing Hispanic Heritage Month.
  Hispanic Heritage Month provides us with the opportunity to 
acknowledge

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the enormously positive contributions of Hispanic Americans to this 
diverse Nation of ours. Hispanic Americans are some of the most 
patriotic and hardworking people that America has ever known. Whether 
serving in the military or creating jobs, the Hispanic community is the 
embodiment of the American Dream and the embodiment of American values, 
faith in God, devotion to family and love of country, which is 
precisely why Hispanic Heritage Month is an entirely appropriate time 
to commend the Hispanic American community for enriching the diverse 
fiber of this great Nation.

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