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Pelosi Remarks at Cinco de Mayo Reception [strengthen our country and make America more American]
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Posted on 05/05/2011 1:19:53 PM PDT by Sub-Driver

Pelosi Remarks at Cinco de Mayo Reception May 05, 2011

Washington, D.C. – Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi delivered remarks this afternoon in the Capitol at a reception she hosted in honor of Cinco de Mayo. Below are the Leader’s remarks as prepared for delivery.

“Celebrating Cinco de Mayo has become an annual tradition here in the Capitol; I wanted to ensure that we had an opportunity to come together again this year.

“I would like to acknowledge some of our distinguished guests: our guest of honor, the Mexican Ambassador, Ambassador Arturo Sarukhan, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, distinguished guests from the Latino community, senior officials from the Obama Administration.

“On Cinco de Mayo we mark the victory of the people of Mexico over the larger and better-equipped French army at the Battle of Puebla in 1862.

“So today we celebrate the rich contributions of Mexican Americans, and all Hispanics, which strengthen our country and make America more American.

“We were pleased to learn from the recent Census that in one in every six Americans is a Latino.

“We see the patriotism of Hispanics firsthand in Congress, with 30 Hispanic Members of the House and Senate. We are proud that several of them serve in important leadership roles: Congressman Becerra, the Vice Chair of the Democratic Caucus; Congressman Charlie Gonzalez, whose birthday falls on Cinco de Mayo, Chair of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus; Congressman Henry Cuellar, the Vice Chair of the Democratic Steering & Policy Committee; Nydia Velazquez, the senior Democrat on the Small Business Committee; Congressman Mario Diaz-Balart, Chair of the Congressional Hispanic Conference; and Congresswoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, Chair of the House Foreign Affairs Committee.

“Last year, led by the CHC, the House passed the DREAM Act with a bipartisan vote. This legislation is about equality; it’s about opportunity; it’s about the future.

“Though this action was historic, we were disappointed that the legislation didn’t make it all the way to President Obama’s desk, where he had promised to sign it into law.

“But the fight goes on. Earlier, this week, President Obama met with the Congressional Hispanic Caucus to discuss moving forward on immigration. The President reiterated his support for comprehensive immigration reform.

“With the President, the CHC, Sen. Reid, and many Members on both sides of the Capitol committed to comprehensive reform, and to enacting the Dream Act as part of reform, we will continue to work on a bipartisan basis to achieve this goal.

“Today we are pleased to have received the report National Museum of the American Latino Commission report.

“The report very clearly recommends that the museum be part of the Smithsonian Institution and built on the national mall.

“We all look forward to the day when the accomplishments of Hispanics are reflected in our nation’s capital

“Mexico and the United States may be separated by a border, but we have much more in common -- our values of faith, family, and love of our respective countries.

“We celebrate our shared aspirations on Cinco de Mayo. And today we feel some of the same emotions felt by those soldiers at Puebla 149 years ago: pride in our unique heritage, and optimism for our future.

“Feliz Cinco de Mayo!”


TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: aliens
What pandering.........
1 posted on 05/05/2011 1:19:58 PM PDT by Sub-Driver
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To: Sub-Driver
“On Cinco de Mayo we mark the victory of the people of Mexico over the larger and better-equipped French army at the Battle of Puebla in 1862."

Another lie. We are really celebrating increased sales of Mexican beer. Pelosi is FOS.

2 posted on 05/05/2011 1:25:11 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer ("...that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights,..")
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To: Sub-Driver
Remember when DESEASE CONTROL was a major factor as to why it is important to have LEGAL immigration?
3 posted on 05/05/2011 1:27:24 PM PDT by dps.inspect (the system is rigged...)
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To: Sub-Driver
“Feliz Cinco de Mayo!” to you to, Assclown Nan....!
4 posted on 05/05/2011 1:29:15 PM PDT by AngelesCrestHighway
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To: Sub-Driver

The Twit is insane!


5 posted on 05/05/2011 1:29:49 PM PDT by Cheetahcat ( November 4 2008 ,A date which will live in Infamy.)
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To: Sub-Driver
"There is no room in this country for hyphenated Americanism. When I refer to hyphenated Americans, I do not refer to naturalized Americans. Some of the very best Americans I have ever known were naturalized Americans, Americans born abroad. But a hyphenated American is not an American at all...

The one absolutely certain way of bringing this nation to ruin, of preventing all possibility of its continuing to be a nation at all, would be to permit it to become a tangle of squabbling nationalities, an intricate knot of German-Americans, Irish-Americans, English-Americans, French-Americans, Scandinavian-Americans or Italian-Americans, each preserving its separate nationality, each at heart feeling more sympathy with Europeans of that nationality, than with the other citizens of the American Republic... There is no such thing as a hyphenated American who is a good American. The only man who is a good American is the man who is an American and nothing else."

- Theodore Roosevelt 1915.
6 posted on 05/05/2011 1:30:32 PM PDT by mrmeyer ("When brute force is on the march, compromise is the red carpet." Ayn Rand)
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To: Sub-Driver
Hey Stretch. These people don't want to be Americans. These filthy illegals hate us. They want to take over period.


7 posted on 05/05/2011 1:33:16 PM PDT by Lazlo in PA (Now living in a newly minted Red State.)
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To: Sub-Driver

Wow! Today is May 5? Well nothing is being reported about cinco de Mayo marches or riots on FNC today, how would I know?


8 posted on 05/05/2011 1:37:30 PM PDT by Red_Devil 232 (VietVet - USMC All Ready On The Right? All Ready On The Left? All Ready On The Firing Line!)
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To: Red_Devil 232

They won a battle over the French. Who we would not have won our independence from England without.


9 posted on 05/05/2011 1:46:54 PM PDT by massgopguy (I owe everything to George Bailey)
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To: Sub-Driver

The 3-faced former speaker is a POS.


10 posted on 05/05/2011 1:49:28 PM PDT by PGalt
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11 posted on 05/05/2011 1:57:06 PM PDT by TheOldLady
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Ping!


12 posted on 05/05/2011 2:00:54 PM PDT by HiJinx (Old Cold Warrior)
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13 posted on 05/05/2011 2:02:22 PM PDT by TheOldLady
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Pelosi Remarks at Cinco de Mayo Reception [strengthen our country and make America more American]

Translation: Pandering to illegals keeps Democrats in office.

14 posted on 05/06/2011 10:24:01 AM PDT by DustyMoment (Go green - recycle Congress in 2012!!)
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To: massgopguy
Who we would not have won our independence from England without.

Too true. So few realize how screwed the Colonists would have been without the French. The battle of Yorktown is a prime example. Without assistance from the French Navy, Lord Charles Cornwallis would not have seen need to surrender.

There are many other instance of similar assistance.

15 posted on 05/07/2011 3:27:16 PM PDT by Bloody Sam Roberts (A "Moderate Muslim"? Nothing more than a Muslim Extremist who has run out of ammo.)
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