the president is introduced by the caucus chairman, charles gonzales.is 30 minutes. ♪ [cheers and applause] >> hello, everybody! buenos noches! thank you so much. please, have a seat. i want to thank congressman gonzales, senator menendez for your outstanding leadership. i want to thank the hispanic caucus institute for inviting us here this evening. it is wonderful to be back with all of you to help kick off heritage month. i want to acknowledge a few people who are here with us tonight. we are honored to be joined by princess christina of spain. [applause] we are honored to be joined by our first latina supreme court justice, sonya sotomayor. [applause] i want to recognize the house minority leader nancy pelosi. [applause] our great friend and champion, as well as welcome ken salazar for their awards tonight and outstanding work. i also want to give a special shout-out to my friend, ray. the program director here. not many people can give the president of united states stitches in his lip and get away with it. ray is in unique company. i sent him a ph

the hud secretary and congressman charles gonzales take part in a panel discussion on how the hispanic population index the economy. panelists will talk about the unemployment rate, home ownership, and education. this is hosted by the congressional hispanic caucus institute, marking national hispanic heritage month. this hourlong form was on pbs. >> is one of our panelists put it, the rise of the latino youth population is one of the most important demographic trends reconfiguring every facet of our opportunity had to continue to keep the promise into the next iteration of latino leaders. the impact of change in demographics and how they will impact this entire nation, as we refer to this critical imperative. the 2010 u.s. census documented that we all expected these numbers, that the hispanic population had grown nearly four times as fast as the population at large during the last decade. latinos accounted for more than half of the entire u.s. population growth for that time span. this growth not only occurred in the border states. it happened all over this country. [applause] in fact

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