Tags: Hispanic Heritage Month, Ramona Martinez
Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean and DNC Hispanic Caucus Chair Ramona Martinez issued the following joint statement today commemorating the beginning of Hispanic Heritage Month, which is celebrated September 15 through October 15:
“We’re honored to join millions of Americans in celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month. Hispanics have made great contributions to our country in everything from serving proudly and honorably in our armed forces, to agriculture, to business to the arts.
“In the upcoming presidential elections, Hispanics will play a pivotal role.
“Hispanics have been particularly hard hit by eight years of failed Republican policies in Washington. Hispanics are more likely to have seen their incomes decline, are more likely to be among the uninsured, and are among the hardest hit in the mortgage crisis that has cost so many Americans their homes. And John McCain’s Republican Platform, written by the far right, fails to speak to or about the middle-class, families or women, and treats immigrants as criminals. Hispanics know first hand we just can’t risk more of the same failed policies from John McCain for four more years.
“This Hispanic Heritage month, the Democratic Party renews our commitment to fighting to provide opportunities for every American, and to deliver the change America needs. Barack Obama and Joe Biden will fight to get our economy working for most Americans again, lowering taxes on middle-income Americans, not just the few already at the very top. They’ll fight for health care for every American, and for comprehensive immigration reform that both secures our borders and also provides hard working, law-abiding immigrants a path to earned legalization. That’s what’s at stake, that’s real change.”"
