individual critical to the you can sess, friends of the american latino, whose chair, denny vargas, and c.e.o. eduardo rodriguez have toiled to make this reality. today congress gets to fulfill the work of these folks and many more. if we want to understand this experiment we call america, then we must understand ourselves and we can't do that unless we understand all of our nation's history. i urge my colleagues to vote yes on this landmark piece of legislation and i want to say i'm proud to associate my names with ranking member davis, who has been a champion of this, to see this go to fruition, and the distinguished gentleman from california, my good friend, pete aguilar, and tony cardenas, and the distinguished gentleman from new york. madam chair, i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. . mr. aguilar: i'd like to allow maryland, an from incredible advocate and supporter for years of this hoyer, four mr. minutes. the speaker pro tempore: the majority leader is recognized. thank you very mu velazquez. i thank him and i will echo and all the words of the gentleman from te