,,iv  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,h4 ,,res4 #bdh  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of
 ,,representatives  ,june #d1 #bjac ,ms4
 ,lee of ,california 7for herself1 ,ms4 
,bordallo1 ,ms4 ,brown of ,florida1     
,mrs4 ,christensen1 ,mr4 ,cohen1 ,mr4   
,conyers1 ,mr4 ,deutch1 ,mr4            
,faleomavaega1 ,mr4 ,grijalva1 ,mr4     
,hastings of ,florida1 ,mr4 ,lewis1 ,ms4
 ,moore1 ,ms4 ,waters1 ,mr4 ,rangel1    
,ms4 ,wasserman ,schultz1 ,ms4 ,wilson  
of ,florida1 ,mr4 ,clay1 ,ms4 ,frankel  
of ,florida1 ,mr4 ,sablan1 ,ms4 ,clarke1
 and ,mr4 ,engel7 submitted the         
following resolution2 which was referred
 to the ,committee on ,oversight and    
,government ,reform  ,,resolution       
,recognizing the significance of        
,national ,caribbean ,american ,heritage
 ,month4  ,whereas people of ,caribbean 
heritage are found in every ,state of   
the ,union2 ,whereas emigration from the
 ,caribbean region to the ,american     
colonies began as early as #afai with   
the arrival of indentured workers in    

,jamestown1 ,virginia2 ,whereas during  
the #agth1 #ahth1 and #aith centuries1 a
 significant number of slaves from the  
,caribbean region were brought to the   
,united ,states2 ,whereas since #ahbj1  
millions of people have emigrated from  
the ,caribbean region to the ,united    
,states2 ,whereas like the ,united      
,states1 the countries of the ,caribbean
 faced obstacles of slavery and         
colonialism and struggled for           
independence2 ,whereas also like the    
,united ,states1 the people of the      
,caribbean region have diverse racial1  
ethnic1 cultural1 and religious         
backgrounds2 ,whereas the independence  
movements throughout the ,caribbean     
during the #aifjs and the consequential 
establishment of independent democratic 
countries in the ,caribbean strengthened
 ties between the region and the ,united
 ,states2 ,whereas ,alexander ,hamilton1
 a founding father of the ,united       
,states and the first ,secretary of the 
,treasury1 was born in the ,caribbean2  

,whereas many influential ,caribbean    
,americans have contributed to the rich 
history of the ,united ,states1         
including ,jean ,baptiste ,pointe du    
,sable1 the pioneer settler of ,chicago2
 ,claude ,mc,kay1 a poet of the ,harlem 
,renaissance2 ,james ,weldon ,johnson1  
the writer of the ,black ,national      
,anthem2 ,celia ,cruz1 the              
world-renowned queen of ,salsa music2   
and ,shirley ,chisholm1 the first       
,african-,american ,congresswoman and   
first ,african-,american woman candidate
 for ,president2 ,whereas the many      
influential ,caribbean ,americans in the
 history of the ,united ,states also    
include ,colin ,powell1 the first       
,african-,american ,secretary of ,state2
 ,sidney ,poitier1 the first            
,african-,american actor to receive the 
,academy ,award for best actor in a     
leading role2 ,harry ,belafonte1 a      
musician1 actor1 and activist2 ,al      
,roker1 a meteorologist and television  
personality2 and ,roberto ,clemente1 the

 first ,latino inducted into the        
baseball hall of fame2 ,whereas         
,caribbean ,americans have played an    
active role in the civil rights movement
 and other social and political         
movements in the ,united ,states2       
,whereas ,caribbean ,americans have     
contributed greatly to the fine arts1   
education1 business1 literature1        
journalism1 sports1 fashion1 politics1  
government1 the military1 music1        
science1 technology1 and other fields in
 the ,united ,states2 ,whereas          
,caribbean ,americans share their       
culture through festivals1 carnivals1   
music1 dance1 film1 and literature1     
which enrich the cultural landscape of  
the ,united ,states2 ,whereas the       
countries of the ,caribbean are         
important economic partners of the      
,united ,states2 ,whereas the countries 
of the ,caribbean represent the ,united 
,states third border2 ,whereas the      
people of the ,caribbean region share   
the hopes and aspirations of the people 

of the ,united ,states for peace and    
prosperity throughout the ,western      
,hemisphere and the rest of the world2  
and ,whereas since the passage of ,h4   
,con4 ,res4 #ga in the #ajith ,congress 
by both the ,senate and the ,house of   
,representatives1 a proclamation has    
been issued annually by the ,president  
declaring ,june ,national ,caribbean    
,american ,heritage ,month3 ,now1       
therefore1 be it  ,that the ,house of   
,representatives--  7#a7 supports the   
goals and ideals of ,caribbean ,american
 ,heritage ,month2  7#b7 encourages the 
people of the ,united ,states to observe
 ,caribbean ,american ,heritage ,month  
with appropriate ceremonies1            
celebrations1 and activities2 and  7#c7 
affirms that--  7,a7 the contributions  
of ,caribbean ,americans are a          
significant part of the history1        
progress1 and heritage of the ,united   
,states2 and  7,b7 the ethnic and racial
 diversity of the ,united ,states       
enriches and strengthens the ,nation4