[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 2]
[House]
[Page 1941]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




       STATE OF THE UNION DOES NOT SUPPORT THE HISPANIC COMMUNITY

  (Mr. BACA asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. BACA. Madam Speaker, tonight the President will give the State of 
the Union Address. For Hispanics, the State of the Union Address is 
disappointing. The President has broken his promise on education and 
cut funding for programs at the expense of Hispanic children. He has 
failed to support the higher minimum wage, and forced nearly 3 million 
of our workers to struggle to feed their families.
  While Hispanics are fighting and dying in a mistaken war, President 
Bush still has no plan to make our country safer. Even when the country 
has cried for a comprehensive immigration reform, the President has 
failed to lead his own party to make the right course or take the right 
course of action.
  Last November, Hispanics along with all Americans voted for a new 
direction for America. Thanks to Speaker Pelosi and the Democratic 
Caucus, half the Hispanic Caucus are now in leadership positions. Ya es 
tiempo para una nueva direccion! (It's time for a new direction!)

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