[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 22 (Tuesday, February 5, 2019)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E133]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




   CELEBRATION AND RECOGNITION OF THE HONORABLE STATE REPRESENTATIVE 
                             DANILO BURGOS

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                         HON. ADRIANO ESPAILLAT

                              of new york

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, February 5, 2019

  Mr. ESPAILLAT. Madam Speaker, the Honorable Danilo Burgos is the 
State Representative for Pennsylvania's 197th State House district and 
is the first Dominican-American to represent the neighborhoods in North 
Philadelphia of Fairhill, Kensington, Hunting Park, Glenwood, and 
Feltonville in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives; and elected 
in 2018 as the first Dominican-American to hold that seat in the 
legislature.
  Representative Burgos and his family have strong ties to Huntington 
Park and where Representative Burgos first became interested in social 
justice and community activism that led him to be a co-founder of the 
Philadelphia Dominican Grocers' Association to support and galvanize 
Philadelphia-area grocery and bodega owners like his family to engage 
with their communities and become informed and involved in American 
politics.
  Representative Burgos works with business and community leaders to 
create economic stability and safer communities in North Philadelphia, 
serving on the boards of the Eastern Pennsylvania Organizing Project, 
the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, the Visitation Community Center, and 
Proyectos Sin Fronteras, among others.
  Representative Burgos has made political engagement a priority 
placing an emphasis on highlighting and supporting political 
engagement; ``Get involved in what you care about--as a community, as a 
human being,'' Burgos said. ``Don't let others dictate your future.''

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