[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 69 (Friday, April 19, 2024)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E371]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                HONORING NELSON CRUZ AND LA VOZ HISPANA

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                     HON. JESUS G. ``CHUY'' GARCIA

                              of illinois

                    in the house of representatives

                         Friday, April 19, 2024

  Mr. GARCIA of Illinois. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor Nelson 
Cruz and La Voz Hispana, a music shop owned by the Cruz family, which 
has served the Chicagoland area for more than 60 years.
  ``Musica y Cultura'', the slogan for La Voz Hispana encompasses what 
it has represented for Chicago.
  You will find people in the neighborhood who remember buying their 
first guitar or first set of bongos there. Mothers took their kids to 
La Voz Hispana for music lessons, and the shop also helped promote new 
Latino artists as they passed through Chicago.
  It was my favorite Latin Jazz store to visit. I bought records, 
tapes, cd's, maracas, a guiro and a triangle there.
  This neighborhood spot will be missed by many.
  I wish Nelson an enjoyable retirement, which I'm sure will be full of 
music (Le deseo a Nelson que disfrute su retiro, que seguro estara 
lleno de musica).

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