ON CESAR CHAVEZ’S BIRTHDAY, SEN. MENENDEZ HONORS HIS LEGACY, DECRIES REPUBLICAN BLOCKAGE OF RESOLUTION COMMEMORATING HIM
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Today marks the 81st anniversary of the birth of one of the nation’s foremost civil rights and labor leaders, Cesar Estrada Chavez. Despite the ongoing efforts of Democrats in the Senate to pass a resolution honoring this prominent Latino civil rights leader, Senate Republicans blocked it last year and have done so again this year.
U.S. Senator Robert Menendez (D-NJ), co-chair of the Senate Hispanic Task Force, issued the following statement, illustrating the importance of Chavez’s legacy and decrying the Republican objection to the resolution. “*
*From: www.politickernj.com
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