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This is a list of Hispanic and Latino Americans who have served in the United States Congress. Persons included are identified as having a lineage from Spain or Latin America, a definition that includes Brazil, but not Portugal. Entries shaded in gray refer to current members of the U.S. Congress.
This page lists Hispanic and Latino American people who have been members of the United States Congress. (The Library of Congress has a complete list of biographies of 'Hispanic Americans in Congress' through to 1995
Hispanic and Latino American politicians continued to make gains in important positions in Congress, and for the first time in this period had an equal number of full voting members in Congress and non-voting delegates. [1] The Congressional Hispanic Caucus was founded in 1976. Pictured are members of the Caucus gathered together in 1984.
The Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC) was organized in 1976 by five Hispanic Congressmen: Herman Badillo (NY), Baltasar Corrada del Río (PR), Kika de la Garza (TX), Henry B. Gonzalez (TX) and Edward Roybal (CA), to serve as a legislative organization through which legislative action, as well as executive and judicial actions, could be monitored to ensure the needs of Hispanics were being met.
The Congressional Hispanic Conference was founded in 2003 by Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart (R-Fla.), who was a co-chair with Gonzales in the last Congress, and other Hispanic GOP members.
Latino members of Congress want U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services to waive an internal policy requiring their congressional offices provide USCIS with certified translations of non-English ...
Three former members of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC) are launching a super PAC to expand Hispanic representation on Capitol Hill. New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham (D) and former ...
The following is an alphabetically ordered list of notable Latino members of the United States Republican Party, ... Congressional Hispanic Conference; List of ...