PRINTER'S NO. 4362
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE RESOLUTION
No.
994
Session of
2020
INTRODUCED BY CRUZ, YOUNGBLOOD, BURGOS, MURT, SCHLOSSBERG,
SCHLEGEL CULVER, HOHENSTEIN, HENNESSEY, BURNS, HILL-EVANS,
JONES, MILLARD, LONGIETTI, FREEMAN, McCLINTON, HOWARD, BROWN,
WILLIAMS, KINSEY, GALLOWAY, McNEILL, HARRIS, A. DAVIS,
NEILSON, GREEN, CALTAGIRONE, DRISCOLL, SAMUELSON, T. DAVIS,
CIRESI, SANCHEZ, RYAN, MENTZER, MALAGARI, READSHAW, KORTZ AND
DEASY, SEPTEMBER 14, 2020
INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35,
SEPTEMBER 14, 2020
A RESOLUTION
Observing September 15 through October 15, 2020, as "Hispanic
Heritage Month" in Pennsylvania.
WHEREAS, "National Hispanic Heritage Month" is celebrated in
the United States to honor the history, culture and influence of
past generations who came from Spain, Mexico, the Caribbean and
Central and South America; and
WHEREAS, Hispanics were the earliest European settlers to
arrive at our great nation, founding settlements in Florida in
the 1500s; and
WHEREAS, Mexicans established homesteads in the southwest in
the 1600s; and
WHEREAS, Spanish was the first European language spoken in
the New World; and
WHEREAS, Latinos are the largest ethnic minority in the
United States today, with approximately 975,000 residing in
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