Press Release

For Immediate Release, July 26, 2004
Contact: Lorraine Quiroga, 202-833-6130

Washington, DC-The League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC), this country's oldest and largest Hispanic membership organization, is calling upon the U.S. Senate to confirm Anna Escobedo Cabral to the position of U.S. Treasurer.  LULAC urges Senators to set partisan politics aside and confirm Ms. Cabral without further delay.

“LULAC is delighted to see that the President chose such an intelligent Hispanic to hold this important position.  Anna Escobedo Cabral brings to the U.S. Treasurer a distinguished record based on her many years of work in the public sector and service to the Latino community,” said LULAC National President Hector Flores.

Anna Escobedo Cabral is an especially well qualified candidate for the U.S. Department of Treasury. She obtained her master’s degree in public administration from the Harvard University John F. Kennedy School of Government and has served the Hispanic community in several capacities including Director of the Smithsonian Center for Latino Initiatives and as President and CEO for the Hispanic Association on Corporate Responsibility.  In addition, Ms. Cabral has obtained significant legislative experience when she served in the position of Deputy Staff Director at the U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary.  

LULAC strongly believes that our nation's top governmental positions should reflect the diversity of the communities they preside over. Hispanics, however, remain severely underrepresented in the federal government while they make up 14% of the U.S. population. As the nation's largest growing minority group, it is particularly troublesome to see so little Hispanic growth in the Federal workforce.

The League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) is the oldest and largest Latino civil rights organization in the United States.  LULAC advances the economic condition, educational attainment, political influence, health, and civil rights of Hispanic Americans through community-based programs operating at more than 700 LULAC councils nationwide.