{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://rubengallego.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/congressional-hispanic-caucus-selects-leadership-team-115th-congress", "Congressional Hispanic Caucus Selects Leadership Team for the 115th Congress", "2016-12-02", "2016", "2016-12", "Democrat", "House", "AZ", "Ruben Gallego", "G000574", "rubengallego.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Washington, DC- Yesterday, the Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC) selected its leadership team for the 115th Congress.\u00a0Congresswoman Michelle Lujan Grisham will chair the CHC, Congressman Joaquin Castro, Congressman Ruben Gallego, and Congressman Pete Aguilar will join her on the leadership team.\n\u00a0\n115th Congress -- CHC Leadership Team\n\u00a0\nCHC Chair: Congresswoman Michelle Lujan Grisham (NM-01)\n\u00a0\nCHC First Vice Chair: Congressman Joaquin Castro (TX-20)\n\u00a0\nCHC Second Vice Chair: Congressman Ruben Gallego (AZ-07)\n\u00a0\nCHC Whip: Congressman Pete Aguilar (CA-31)\n\u00a0\nCHC Chairwoman Michelle Lujan Grisham: \u201cI want to thank my colleagues for entrusting me with the great responsibility of leading the Congressional Hispanic Caucus in the 115th Congress. As the next Chairwoman, I intend to continue building on the many accomplishments we have achieved this Congress and ensure that the Caucus is leading the fight to support Hispanic communities and protect families across this country.\n\u201cCHC will face many challenges given the outcome of the presidential election and the political environment in the next Congress. However, now more than ever, the CHC needs to demonstrate unity and strength in order to effectively combat dangerous rhetoric and regressive policies proposed by President-elect Trump aimed to tear families apart and hurt the communities we represent.\n\u201cHispanics represent $1.9 trillion in purchasing power, and we will shape the future of our great nation. Hispanic businesses have been a driving force in my home state of New Mexico; we have specifically seen significant growth among Hispanic women entrepreneurs. It\u2019s up to the CHC to develop a strong economic agenda to highlight the economic impact of Hispanic communities and create more opportunities for Hispanic-owned business and entrepreneurs.\n\u201cI am proud to say that CHC received unprecedented support from voters in this election, which increased our membership to a record-breaking total of 31 Caucus members.\u00a0 We must build off this momentum and support, and I believe that the CHC has an obligation to step up and lead during these uncertain times.\u201d\nCHC First Vice Chair Joaquin Castro: \u201cI am grateful to my CHC colleagues for entrusting me with this new responsibility. As we look ahead to the 115th Congress, great challenges loom. We will need to contend with a new administration and a President who displayed appalling hostility toward the Hispanic community throughout his campaign. More than ever, the CHC must be united, determined, and strategic in its efforts to improve educational outcomes, expand economic opportunity, and pass meaningful immigration reform. I am eager to tackle these and other matters with my fellow Caucus members. I thank outgoing CHC Chair Linda S\u00e1nchez for her leadership, and I look forward to working with incoming CHC Chair Michelle Lujan Grisham to advance our Caucus\u2019 goals in Congress.\u201d\nCHC Second Vice Chair Ruben Gallego: \u201cI am honored to have been elected to serve as 2nd Vice Chair of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus for the 115th Congress. I look forward to working with my fellow CHC members and Congressional leadership on issues that are important to the Latino community, including expanding educational and economic opportunities, protecting immigrant families, and making sure our seniors and veterans have the care they need and the benefits they have earned.\u201d\nCHC Whip Pete Aguilar: \u201cI\u2019m grateful to have been chosen to serve as the Whip of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus. The CHC\u2019s priorities include comprehensive immigration reform with a pathway to citizenship, creating good-paying jobs, accessing affordable health care, and investing in quality education for our kids \u2013 all issues that are significant in my community. He added, \u201cSan Bernardino is representative of many of the regions throughout the nation that would benefit from these priorities, so I\u2019m glad to take on a new role to help push those policies forward.\u201d\n\u00a0\n###\n\u00a0\nThe Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC), founded in December 1976, is organized as a Congressional Member organization, governed under the Rules of the U.S. House of Representatives. 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