119-hres326

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 326 Introduced in House

    (IH) ]

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
H. RES. 326

 Supporting the designation of April 10 as ``Dolores Huerta Day'', in 
 honor of the accomplishments and legacy of the trailblazing labor and 
 civil rights leader Dolores Huerta.

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 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 April 10, 2025

Ms. Garcia of Texas (for herself, Ms. Barragan, Mr. Bera, Ms. Brownley, 
 Mr. Carbajal, Mr. Casar, Mr. Castro of Texas, Ms. Chu, Mr. Cisneros, 
 Mr. Correa, Mr. Costa, Ms. Crockett, Mr. Cuellar, Mrs. Dingell, Mr. 
 Doggett, Ms. Escobar, Mr. Espaillat, Mr. Frost, Mr. Garcia of 
California, Mr. Garcia of Illinois, Mr. Gomez, Mr. Green of Tennessee, 
Mr. Huffman, Ms. Jacobs, Ms. Lee of Pennsylvania, Ms. Leger Fernandez, 
 Ms. Lofgren, Mr. McGovern, Mr. Menendez, Ms. Moore of Wisconsin, Mr. 
 Mullin, Ms. Norton, Ms. Ocasio-Cortez, Mr. Pallone, Mr. Panetta, Ms. 
 Pelosi, Mr. Pocan, Ms. Pou, Mrs. Ramirez, Ms. Rivas, Mr. Ruiz, Ms. 
 Salinas, Ms. Sanchez, Mr. Soto, Ms. Stansbury, Mr. Thompson of 
 California, Ms. Titus, Mr. Torres of New York, Ms. Underwood, Mr. 
 Vargas, Ms. Velazquez, Ms. Waters, Mr. Hernandez, and Mr. Vicente 
 Gonzalez of Texas) submitted the following resolution; which was 
 referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform

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 RESOLUTION

 Supporting the designation of April 10 as ``Dolores Huerta Day'', in 
 honor of the accomplishments and legacy of the trailblazing labor and 
 civil rights leader Dolores Huerta.

Whereas Dolores Huerta was born on April 10, 1930, in Dawson, New Mexico;
Whereas Dolores Huerta began her activism career in 1955 when she cofounded the 
 Stockton, California, chapter of the Community Services Organization, 
 which worked to improve voting access and economic conditions for 
 Latinos;
Whereas, with her coorganizer Cesar Chavez, Dolores Huerta founded the National 
 Farm Workers Association, the predecessor of the United Farm Workers' 
 Union, in 1962;
Whereas Dolores Huerta was the driving force behind the nationwide table grape 
 boycotts in the late 1960s that led to a successful union contract by 
 1970;
Whereas Dolores Huerta helped organize the Delano strike of 5,000 grape workers 
 in 1965 and was the lead negotiator in developing the ensuing contract;
Whereas Dolores Huerta led another consumer boycott of grapes that was 
 instrumental in the groundbreaking enactment of the California 
 Agricultural Labor Relations Act of 1975, the first law in the United 
 States that allowed farm workers to collectively organize and bargain;
Whereas Dolores Huerta has worked tirelessly to create safer working conditions 
 for farm workers, including eliminating harmful pesticides;
Whereas Dolores Huerta served as the voice for feminism and women's equality 
 within the farm workers movement;
Whereas Dolores Huerta originated the phrase ``Si Se Puede'', which became a 
 rallying cry for the farm workers movement and against injustice 
 everywhere;
Whereas Dolores Huerta remained committed to her principles of nonviolent civil 
 activism, even when faced with violence at the hands of police and 
 growers;
Whereas, in 1993, Dolores Huerta became the first Latina inducted into the 
 National Women's Hall of Fame;
Whereas Dolores Huerta worked in the latter part of her career to elect more 
 Latinos and women to political office, and has been a champion for the 
 rights of women and Latinos;
Whereas Dolores Huerta traversed the country for 2 years on behalf of the 
 Feminist Majority's Feminization of Power: 50/50 by the year 2000 
 Campaign encouraging Latinas to run for office, which resulted in a 
 significant increase in the number of women representatives at the 
 local, State, and Federal levels;
Whereas Dolores Huerta also served as National Chair of the 21st Century Party 
 founded in 1992 on the principles that women make up 52 percent of the 
 party's candidates and that officers must reflect the ethnic diversity 
 of the Nation;
Whereas Dolores Huerta has received numerous awards, including the Eleanor 
 Roosevelt Human Rights Award in 1998 and in 2012 the Presidential Medal 
 of Freedom, the highest civilian honor;
Whereas Dolores Huerta holds 9 honorary doctorates, including from Princeton 
 University, Mills College, the University of the Pacific, and the 
 University of Southern California;
Whereas, in 1998, Dolores Huerta was named one of the 100 Most Important Women 
 of the 20th Century by Ladies Home Journal;
Whereas, in 2003, Dolores Huerta founded the Dolores Huerta Foundation to 
 continue her legacy of fighting for equality and civil rights, and is 
 currently the president of this foundation; and
Whereas the United States should continue to advance the efforts of Dolores 
 Huerta to ensure equal protection under the law and civil rights for all 
 people of the United States: Now, therefore, be it
 Resolved, That the House of Representatives--

    (1) supports the designation of ``Dolores Huerta Day''; and

    (2) honors Dolores Huerta's legacy and contributions to 
 advancing civil rights and equality.
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