[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 150 (2004), Part 3]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 2861]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




          RECOGNIZING THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF CRISTINA VILLARREAL

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                          HON. HILDA L. SOLIS

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                      Thursday, February 26, 2004

  Ms. SOLIS. Mr. Speaker, today I rise to recognize Cristina 
Villarreal, a staff member who will be leaving my Washington, DC, 
office this week.
  Cristina came to our office after graduating from American University 
to work as a staff assistant. She worked her way up to serve as a 
scheduler and as a legislative aide working on foreign affairs issues. 
Cristina has worked with me as we developed legislation (H. Res. 466) 
to call attention to the disturbing abduction and murder of hundreds of 
women taking place in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico. H. Res. 466 conveys the 
sympathy of the U.S. House of Representatives to the families of the 
young women murdered in the State of Chihuahua, Mexico, and encourages 
increased United States involvement in bringing an end to these crimes. 
Cristina also helped me organize a Congressional delegation to travel 
to Mexico to bring light to the over 300 young women who have been 
killed in Ciudad Juarez over the last decade. Cristina shares my 
commitment to bringing light to this human rights issue.
  Cristina is beloved by her colleagues and will be missed by them. As 
Cristina moves on to pursue graduate education, I wish her the best of 
luck in her future endeavors.

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