[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 75 (Tuesday, April 21, 2020)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E375-E376]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




    IN RECOGNITION OF RAUL CORTEZ AND EMILIO NICOLAS SR. AND FAMILY

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                         HON. ROBERT J. WITTMAN

                              of virginia

                    in the house of representatives

                        Tuesday, April 21, 2020

  Mr. WITTMAN. Madam Speaker, I rise in recognition of the extended 
members of the Cortez and Nicolas family of Virginia and Texas who are 
Hispanic media pioneers and American patriots serving our nation in war 
and peace for over 75 years.
  In the 40s and 50s, Mr. Raul Cortez developed KCOR radio and 
television and the Spanish International Network which grew into 
UNIVISON the nation's largest provider of Spanish language content 
thanks to the major contributions of his son-in-law Mr. Emilio Nicolas, 
his wife Irma, their son Emilio Nicolas Jr. and family. In 1976 the 
Cortez and Nicolas family established the nation's First Satellite 
Interconnected TV Network which provided coast to coast coverage.
  I commend Mr. Frank Cortez Jr. and Mr. Daniel P. Cortez of Stafford, 
Virginia, for their Spanish and English language media contributions 
through their patriotic and informational media broadcast segments in 
print and electronically.
  Five generations of Cortez and Nicolas family members have answered 
the military call to duty since World War I including Mr. Juan Manuel 
Cortez, Mr. Raul Cortez Jr. who served in Korea, Mr. Daniel Cortez who 
was wounded and decorated for extraordinary heroism in Vietnam and Mr. 
and Mrs. Daniel Cortez II and his wife April Cortez who honorably 
served in the Air Force during Operation Enduring Freedom.
  The Cortez and Nicolas families are proud Americans of Hispanic 
descent and remain the genuine pioneers of America's Hispanic media and 
military patriotism. Their veteran's activism continues to this day 
with the development of the National Vet Corps Alliance where Mr. 
Daniel Cortez is chairman in support of H.R. 886, The Veterans 
Treatment Court Coordination Act of 2019 which I was proud to co-
sponsor.
  Madam Speaker, please join me in recognition and celebration of the 
Cortez and Nicolas families' contributions to Hispanic media, our brave 
armed forces, and to the United States of America.

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