[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 148 (2002), Part 1]
[House]
[Page 498]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




         ANNIVERSARY OF SIGNING OF TREATY OF GUADALUPE HIDALGO

  (Mr. UDALL of New Mexico asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute.)
  Mr. UDALL of New Mexico. Mr. Speaker, February 2, 1848, marks the 
anniversary of the signing of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo.
  This is a treaty between Mexico and the United States which 
guaranteed Mexican citizens who remained in the United States certain 
property rights. One of the promises was to secure and protect the 
property rights of Mexican and Spanish citizens that have been granted 
land grants from Spanish and Mexican Governments.
  The U.S. violated these promises. The General Accounting Office is 
looking into this historic wrong, and I have introduced a bill to 
remedy the situation and to correct these injustices. I urge my 
colleagues to help me in this effort. Please review my legislation and 
take a good hard look at it.

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