Congressional Hispanic Caucus
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The Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC) is comprised of 21 Members of the United States Congress of Hispanic descent. The Caucus is dedicated to voicing and advancing, through the legislative process, issues affecting Hispanics in the United States and Puerto Rico. The CHC was founded in December 1976 as a legislative service organization of the United States House of Representatives. Today, the CHC is organized as a Congressional Member organization, governed under the Rules of the U.S. House of Representatives.
The Congressional Hispanic Caucus aims to address national and international issues and the impact these policies have on the Hispanic community. The function of the Caucus is to serve as a forum for the Hispanic Members of Congress to coalesce around a collective legislative agenda. In addition to covering legislative action, the CHC also monitors Executive and Judicial issues.
CHC legislative priorities cover all areas that have a direct impact on the Hispanic community. In order to best address these diverse issues, members work in smaller task forces that draw on their expertise and develop priority legislation within each area. The Caucus is composed entirely of Democrats; Neither the Texan Henry Bonilla nor the Cuban-American Republican delegation from Florida (Senator Mel Martinez, Lincoln Diaz-Balart, Mario Diaz-Balart, Ileana Ros-Lehtinen) are members. These congressional members are all part of the Congressional Hispanic Conference. However, Senator Bob Menendez, a Cuban-American Democrat from New Jersey, is a member. Senator Ken Salazar from Colorado is not a member of either of these organizations.
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[edit] Membership
[edit] Officers
- Chair: Grace Flores Napolitano (CA-38) (D)
- 1st Vice Chair: Joe Baca (CA-43) (D)
- 2nd Vice Chair Raul Grijalva (AZ-7) (D)
- Whip Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA-34) (D)
[edit] Membership
- Xavier Becerra (CA-31) (D)
- Dennis Cardoza (CA-18) (D)
- Jim Costa (CA-20) (D)
- Henry Cuellar (TX-28) (D)
- Charles A. Gonzalez (TX-20) (D)
- Luis V. Gutierrez (IL-4) (D)
- Rubén Hinojosa (TX-15) (D)
- Senator Robert Menendez (NJ-D)
- Solomon Ortiz (TX-27) (D)
- Ed Pastor (AZ-4) (D)
- Silvestre Reyes (TX-16) (D)
- John Salazar (CO-3) (D)
- Linda T. Sánchez (CA-39) (D)
- Loretta Sanchez (CA-47) (D)
- José Serrano (NY-16) (D)
- Hilda Solis (CA-32) (D)
- Nydia Velázquez (NY-12) (D)
