[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 23]
[House]
[Page 31845]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                100-YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF McALLEN MONITOR

  (Mr. HINOJOSA asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. HINOJOSA. Mr. Speaker, I, together with Congressman Henry 
Cuellar, rise to honor the McAllen Monitor newspaper in McAllen, Texas, 
on its 100-year anniversary. Since its first issue on December 11, 
1909, the McAllen Monitor has been a round-the-clock operation.
  It began as a weekly newspaper. Its reporters recorded the events 
when McAllen became incorporated in 1911. The Monitor was there to 
record the history of the Rio Grande Valley and its people. The names 
of the pioneering families leave a roadmap all across the Rio Grande 
Valley, families like the Canales, the Guerras, the Lopezes, the 
Cuellars, the de la Garzas, the McAllens, the Youngs, the Closners, the 
Sharys, the Hinojosas, and the Bentsens.
  Now a daily paper, the McAllen Monitor takes pride in telling the 
success stories of homegrown people who have become famous, from 
Narciso Martinez, el Huracan del Valle's accordion sounds to Kris 
Kristofferson singing and acting; from Bobby Morrow's Olympic Gold 
Medal to the distinguished political career of the late Senator Lloyd 
Bentsen.
  The McAllen Monitor has covered the good and bad, the sad and the 
joyous news for 100 years. Congratulations to the McAllen Monitor on 
its 100-year anniversary.

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