[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 156 (2010), Part 6]
[House]
[Page 8100]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                 ASIAN PACIFIC AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH

  (Ms. LORETTA SANCHEZ of California asked and was given permission to 
address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. LORETTA SANCHEZ of California. Madam Speaker, I rise today to 
honor Asian Pacific American Heritage Month.
  As the Representative of the 47th Congressional District of 
California, I have a very diverse community, and a lot of them fall 
into the Asian and Pacific Islander American community. As a proud 
cosponsor of House Resolution 435, which celebrates Asian Pacific 
American Heritage Month, I would like to first thank the Congressional 
Asian Pacific American Caucus for recognizing the important 
contributions made by their community to our Nation.
  For the past 14 years, I have witnessed firsthand the rich culture 
and contributions that the Asian Pacific Islander community brings to 
my district in Orange County. The community is an integral component of 
Orange County, and we see leadership all over the place in Orange 
County from that community increasingly, as leaders in academia and the 
arts and government and the military and in the private sector.
  I would like to recognize all of the community partners and their 
outstanding service in the Asian Pacific Islander American community of 
Orange County and their continued efforts.

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