[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 158 (2012), Part 10]
[House]
[Page 14511]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                               NEW MEXICO

  (Mr. PEARCE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. PEARCE. Mr. Speaker, New Mexico is celebrating its centennial 
this year, 100 years as a State. It's not one of the oldest States, but 
it's one of the richest in diversity, history, and cooperation, home to 
19 individual pueblos, two Apache Indian tribes, numerous Navajo 
chapters.
  The Spanish came north out of Mexico in the 16th century looking for 
the seven cities of gold. We're still looking for those today. We did 
find black gold under the east side of the State and in the northwest 
corner.
  New Mexico is home to an agriculture industry that is second to none. 
It shows the earliest existence of humans there. Clovis Man is named 
for a town in the east side of New Mexico where they were discovered.
  Santa Fe is the oldest capital in America, formed in 1610.
  But that's not where the richness of New Mexico is. It is in our 
traditions, traditions of hard work, traditions of faith, family, 
freedom, and service to others. Those are the values I learned when my 
parents came to New Mexico. They went broke in Texas, came to New 
Mexico, and built a family there. That's the richness of New Mexico.
  Mr. Speaker, I commend New Mexico on its 100 years.

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