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LULAC Applauds House Speaker-Elect Nancy Pelosi’s Appointment Of Representative Silvestre Reyes To Chair Intelligence Committee.
Reyes will be first Hispanic to head an Intelligence Committee .

December 1, 2006

Contact: Lizette Jenness Olmos
(202) 833-6130 ext.16
LJOlmos@LULAC.org
 

Washington, DC – The League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) is elated at the decision by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to appoint Rep. Silvestre Reyes (TX-16) as chair of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence.

“As chair for the House Intelligence Committee, Congressman Reyes will provide much needed legislative oversight in intelligence issues. Having worked at the Border Patrol for 26 years, Congressman Reyes will without a doubt, increase our nation’s intelligence capabilities, work in a bipartisan fashion, and help keep our borders fully secured. This is an excellent choice and we look forward to working with him in this key position,” said LULAC National President Rosa Rosales.

Reyes has served on key committees as the Intelligence Committee since 2001, a member of the Subcommittee on Oversight and the Subcommittee on Terrorism, Human Intelligence, Analysis and Counterintelligence. He currently serves on the House Armed Services Committee and the House Veterans Affairs Committee.

LULAC submitted a letter of recommendation this week to Speaker Pelosi and a follow-up letter congratulating the decision made today.

The League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) is the oldest and largest Hispanic 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.

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