[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 162 (2016), Part 9]
[House]
[Page 13234]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                        HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH

  (Ms. HAHN asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Ms. HAHN. Mr. Speaker, every year, from September 15 to October 15, 
our Nation marks Hispanic Heritage Month to celebrate the enduring 
contribution of Latinos throughout our country's history.
  I am proud to represent a district that has been shaped and bolstered 
by generations of Hispanic Americans as well as recent Latin American 
immigrants.
  Los Angeles County is home to great Hispanic leaders, like Long Beach 
Mayor Robert Garcia, L.A. County Supervisor Hilda Solis, and State 
Senator Ricardo Lara. For the first time in history, our California 
State Legislature is led by two Latino lawmakers, Senate Pro Tem Kevin 
de Leon and Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon.
  California is proof that diversity is a strength and something we 
must recommit to and celebrate. That is why we must, as a nation, 
condemn attempts to demonize, marginalize, and scapegoat immigrant 
families. We are better than that as a country.
  We need to stop playing politics with people's lives and finally do 
our jobs and pass comprehensive immigration reform that fixes our 
broken immigration system and lives up to our American values.
  We can be better. Let us recommit to these values while we mark this 
year's Hispanic Heritage Month.

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