[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 16]
[Senate]
[Page 22655]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                         HATCH CHILE FESTIVIAL

 Mr. DOMENICI. Mr. President, today, I would like to mark the 
annual chile festival in Hatch, NM.
  For the last 36 years on Labor Day weekend thousands of New Mexicans 
and people from around the country converge on Hatch for fun and good 
food. The Hatch chile festival is the premiere celebration of this 
fiery food that is near and dear to the hearts of New Mexicans. Chile, 
both red and green, is one of the distinctive flavors that makes New 
Mexico such a wonderful place to live and visit. A good deal of that 
chile originates in Hatch and it has rightly earned the title ``chile 
capital of the world.''
  I hope this year's chile festival will be a success. I am sure all 
involved will walk away satisfied and with full stomachs.

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