Borinqueneers Congressional Gold Medal Alliance 11-1-2013 Update.pdf

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CONTACT THEM via theemail Web Forms locatedon each of their official Con-gressional websites & requesttheir Co-Sponsorship.

See current Co-Sponsors herehttp://www.borinqueneers.orgbill-co-sponsor-countdown.html

US Senators list (Contact 2 ofthem): http://www.senate.gogeneral/contact_information/senators_cfm.cfm

US House of Representativeslist (Contact of 1 of them):http://www.house.gov/representatives/find/

Muchas gracias!

Borinqueneers Congression-al Gold Medal Alliance isasking YOU to team up withus & join this historic causeto honor our legendary he-roes!Adoption of the Borinque-neers Congressional Gold

Medal Act , H.R.1726 in theHouse of Representatives &S.1174 in the Senate, will requirethe Co-Sponsorship by a whop-ping two-thirds of each cham-ber!Currently, H.R.1726 has 151 ofthe required 290 Co-Sponsors &S.1174 has 20 of the necessary67 Co-Sponsors.Here are effective & easy

ways to contact your USlawmakers, your one (1) US

House of Representatives

member & two (2)US Senators:

CALL the MilitaryLegislative Assis-tant (MLA) at your(2) U.S. Senators'offices and your (1)US House of Repre-sentatives member'soffice in Washington,D.C.!Contact the MilitaryLegislative Assistantvia telephone. Theywill make a record of yourcall (legal requirement)!Here is a Sample PhoneScript: Hello, my name is FirstName, Last Name. I currentlyreside in City, State. I am re-questing that my Representa-tive/Senator Co-Sponsor BillH.R. 1726/S. 1174 which willaward the CongressionalGold Medal to the 65th Infan-try Regiment Borinqueneers.If passed, this legislation willmake history for all Latino

Veterans and all Latinos alike.I look forward to a favorableresponse from your office.Thank you.

SEND LETTERS to yourUS lawmakers at their localdistrict/state offices, notWashington, DC (letters toDC take a ton of time to bedelivered because of extrasecurity measures) to requesttheir Co-Sponsorship of the

bills.

BIG BORINQUENEER BLITZ for moreCo -Sponsors in Congress by Veterans Day!

November 1. 2013In support of H.R.1726 & S.1174!

Borinqueneers Congressional Gold Medal Alliance

See the LATESTHON OR ROLL ofCo-Sponsors of theBorinqueneersCongressional GoldMedal Act:

US House ofRepresentatives billH.R.1726

US Senate billS.1174

NATIONAL SUPPORTERS INCLUDE:

WebsiteFacebook Page

TwitterYouTube Video

In The News

More great links:

Special HispanicHeritage Report

LULAC letter to

Members of Congress!

ALERT:Veterans Day is on

November 11th.Lets crank things

up a notch to getmany moreCo -Sponsors

by then!!!

Be a part of HISTORYin the making!Contact your US

lawmakers NOW!EMPOWER yourself!You CAN do this!Thank you!

ContactCongress

AHORA!
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THANK YOU toH.R.1726Co-Sponsors!!!

Alabama Rep. Martha Roby (R)

American Samoa

Rep. Eni Faleomavaega (D)

Arizona Rep. Ed Pastor (D) Rep. Raul Grijalva (D) Rep. Trent Franks (R )

California Rep. Juan Vargas (D) Rep. Tony Cardenas (D) Rep. Raul Ruiz (D) Rep. Xavier Becerra (D) Rep. Lucille Roybal - Allard (D) Rep. Alan Lowenthal (D) Rep. Jerry McNerny (D) Rep. Sam Farr (D) Rep. Grace Napolitano (D) Rep. Gloria Negrete McLeod (D) Rep. Eric Swalwell (D) Rep. Judy Chu (D) Rep. Linda Sanchez (D) Rep. Jim Costa (D) Rep. Maxine Waters (D) Rep. Jim Costa (D) Rep. Loretta Sanchez (D) Rep. Mark Tekano (D) Rep. Mike Honda (D)

Connecticut Rep. Elizabeth Esty (D) Rep. Jim Himes (D) Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D) Rep. Joe Courtney (D) Rep. John B. Larson (D)

Delaware Rep. John Carney (D)

Georgia Rep. Tom Price (R) Rep. John Lewis (D)

Guam Rep. Madeleine Bordallo (D)

Florida Rep. Bill Posey (R) Rep. Daniel Webster (R) Rep. Joe Garcia (D) Rep. Mario Diaz - Balart (R) Rep. Frederica Wilson (D) Rep. Alan Grayson (D) Rep. Corrine Brown (D) Rep. Ander Crenshaw (R) Rep. Jeff Miller (R) Rep. Ileana Ros - Lehtinen (R) Rep. Debbie Wasserman -Schultz (D) Rep. Alcee Hastings (D) Rep. Steve Southerland (R) Rep. Ted Yoho (R) Rep. Patrick Murphy (D) Rep. Ron DosSantis (R) Rep. John Mica (R) Rep. Gus Bilirakis (R) Rep. Trey Radel (R)

Illinois Rep. Luis Gutierrez (D) Rep. Tammy Duckworth (D) Rep. Danny K. Davis (D)Rep. Peter Roskam (R) Rep. Bill Foster (D) Rep. William Enyart (D) Rep. Janice Schakowsky (D) Rep. Bobby Rush (D) Rep. Mike Quigley (D) Rep. Bradley Schneider (D) Rep. Cheri Bustos (D) Rep. Robin Kelly (D) Rep. Daniel Lipinski (D) Rep. Rodney Davis (R)

Louisiana Rep. John Fleming (R)

Maryland Rep. Andy Harris (R) Rep. John Sabarnes (D) Rep. John K. Delaney (D) Rep. Elijah Cummings (D) Rep. Chris Van Hollen (D )

Massachusetts

Rep. Jim McGovern (D)

Rep. Richard Neal (D) Rep. John F. Tierney (D) Rep. Niki Tsongas (D) Rep. Michael Capuano (D)

Michigan Rep. Bill Huizenga (R) Rep. Tim Walberg (R) Rep. John Conyers (D) Rep. Kerry Bentivolio (R)

Minnesota Rep. Betty McCollum (D) Rep. Michelle Bachman (R) Rep. Erik Paulsen (R)

Mississippi Rep. Alan Nunnelee (R)

Missouri Rep. Wm. Lacy Clay (D)

Montana Rep. Steve Daines (R)

New Jersey Rep. Albio Sires (D) Rep. Scott Garrett (R) Rep. Frank Pallone (D) Rep. Donald M. Payne, Jr. (D)

New Mexico Rep. Ben Ray Lujan (D)

New York Rep. Charlie Rangel (D) Rep. Nydia Velazquez (D) Rep. Jose Serrano (D) Rep. Yvette Clarke (D) Rep. Grace Meng (D) Rep. Joseph Crowley (D) Rep. Brian Higgins (D) Rep. Peter T. King (R) Rep. Steve Israel (D) Rep. Gregory Meeks (D) Rep. Paul Tonko (D) Rep. Louise Slaughter (D) Rep. Chris Collins (R) Rep. Sean Maloney (D) Rep. Jerrod Nadler (D)

Rep. Nita Lowey (D) Rep. Carolyn McCarthy (D) Rep. Eliot Engel (D)

North Carolina Rep. Walter B. Jones (R)

Northern Mariana Islands Rep. Gregorio Sablan (D)

New Mexico Rep. Steve Pearce (R) Rep. Ben Lujan (D) Rep. Michelle Lujan - Grisham(D)

Ohio Rep. Marcy Kaptur (D) Rep. Jim Jordan (R)

Oklahoma Rep. Tom Cole (R)

Oregon Rep. Peter A. DeFazio (D) Rep. James Lankford (R)

Pennsylvania Rep. Bob Brady (D) Rep. Glenn Thompson (R) Rep. Patrick Meehan (R) Rep. Matt Cartwright (D) Rep. Tom Marino (R) Rep. Charlie Dent (R) Rep. Scott Perry (R)

Puerto Rico Rep. Pedro Pierluisi (D)

Tennessee Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R)

Texas Rep. Steve Stockman (R) Rep. Ruben Hinojosa (D)

Rep. Michael McCaul (R) Rep. Joaquin Castro (D) Rep. Henry Cuellar (D) Rep. Kenny Marchant (R) Rep. Sheila Jackson (D) Rep. John Carter (R - TX) Rep. Lloyd Doggett (D) Rep. Beto O'Rourke (D) Rep. Pete Gallego (D) Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson (D) Rep. Mike Conaway (R - TX) Rep. Lamar Smith (R - TX) Rep. Marc Veasey (D)

Virginia Rep. Frank Wolf (R)

Virgin Islands

Rep. Donna Christensen (D)

Washington D.C. Rep. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D)

Washington State Rep. Jim McDermott (D) Rep. Rick Larsen (D)

Wisconsin Rep. Tom Petri (R) Rep. Reid Ribble

Wyoming Rep. Cynthia Lummis (R)

JOIN the big

push NOW to

get more bill

Co -Sponsors by

Veterans Day!

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The 1st & only Latino 4-star US Army generalgot his start as a youngBorinqueneer officer inKorea: Richard E.

Cavazos, a Mexican-American hero!

H.R.1726:151

Co-Sponsorsso far;

139 moreneeded!


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From some of our National Supporters!National Guard Asso-ciation of the UnitedStates (NGAUS):

NGAUS

stronglysupportsH.R.1726(&S.1174).

The CongressionalGold Medal would bethe highest award ev-er for the 65th Infan-try Regiment. Thisdistinction would hon-or all Hispanic veter-

ans.

Vietnam Veterans ofAmerica (VVA):

On be-half ofthemem-bershipofVietnam

Veterans of America,

I want you to knowthat VVA fully sup-ports enactment ofH.R. 1726 (& S.1174),

which would award aCongressional GoldMedal to the 65th In-fantry Regiment ofPuerto Rico, knownofficially as theBorinqueneers.

Military Order of thePurple Heart(MOPH):

TheMilitaryOrder ofthe PurpleHeart(MOPH),

whose membership iscomprised entirely ofcombat wounded

veterans, is pleased toadd our support forH.R.1726.

National Council of LaRaza (NCLR):

Awarding the Con-gressional Gold Medalfor theBorinqueneers isconsistent with

NCLRs organizational values of patriotism,public service excel-lence, and civic em-powerment. Thishonor will affirm theindelible mark left bythe 65th Infantry Unitand all Hispanic veter-ans in society and theLatino culture. NCLRstrongly urges Con-gress to recognize thesacrifices andobstacles theBorinqueneersvaliantly overcame indefending our nation.

Hispanic AmericanPolice CommandOfficers Association(HAPCOA):

(We)believethat it isnow timefor Con-gress torecognize

the Borinqueneers fortheir service, theirsacrifice, and theirbravery with theCongressional GoldMedal.

League of UnitedLatin AmericanCitizens (LULAC):

The Con-

gressionalGold Medal

will be thehighestaward everfor the

65th Infantry Regi-ment and for ALL La-tino Veterans. Thisdistinction will cata-pult Hispanic veteransinto the national spot-

light and will honor allHispanic veteranspast, present and fu-ture.

American GI Forum(AGIF):

We hopethat theUS Con-gress willrecognizethe sacri-fices andobstacles

the Borinqueneersvaliantly overcame asa segregated unit de-fending our Nation.

Association of theUnited States Army(AUSA):

I urgeCongressto recog-nize theserviceand sacri-

fice of this unique unit which has endured thehardships of segrega-tion, discrimination,language and culturalbarriers while servingthis nation.

Team up with

Borinqueneers

Congressional

Gold Medal

Alliance & join

this great cause

NOW!

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See the full text ofour endorsementletters, & much

more, on our website!

BorinqueneersCongressional

Gold MedalAlliance
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Many officers at the time thought it was the kissof death to be assigned to the Puerto RicanRegiment. Critics called it the seeeextyfeeeeth mockingly imitating the Spanish accentof most of the regiments Puerto Rican soldiers.

No platoon member living or dead was leftbehind.

Arriba muchachos!

One general called it a regiment of coloredtroops, unreliable and inferior to continentalwhite soldiers.

- from Mambo on Hill 167, a captivating storyof heroism & sacrifice despite prejudice.

Follow this link to read the story & learn moreabout the legendary 65th Inf. Reg. Borinque-neers in our Special Hispanic Heritage Report!

20 Co-Sponsors of US Senate bill S.1174 to date;47 MORE NEEDED to hit the 67 minimum required...

Florida Sen. Marco Rubio (R)Sen. Bill Nelson (D)

Georgia Sen. Saxby Chambliss (R)

Hawaii Sen. Brian Schatz (D)

Illinois Sen. Dick Durbin (D)Sen. Mark Kirk (R)

Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D)Sen. Edward J. Markey (D)

New Jersey Sen. Robert Menendez (D)

New York Sen. Charles Schumer (D)Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D)

Pennsylvania Sen. Bob Casey (D)Sen. Pat Toomey (R)

West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin (D)

Thank You VeryMuch!!!

Alaska Sen. Mark Begich (D)Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R)

Colorado Sen. Michael Bennet (D)

Connecticut Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D)Sen. Chris Murphy (D)

Delaware Sen. Christopher Coons (D)

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H.R.1726: At left, pictured withBorinqueneerveterans, Rep. PedroPierluisi (D-PR) &Rep. Bill Posey (R-FL)introduced H.R.1726in the US House ofRepresentatives on

April 25, 2013. Itsalready been sixmonths since the billwas introduced.

S.1174: Above, Sen. RichardBlumenthal (D-CT)announces his introductionof the US Senate bill S.1174on June 18, 2013.
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BORINQUENEERSCONGRESSIONAL

GOLD MEDALALLIANCE


We think its time! T tambin?

Website

Facebook Page

Twitter

YouTube Video

In the News!

US House H.R.1726Co-Sponsor Countdown

US Senate S.1174Co-Sponsor Countdown

Email our National ChairFrank Medina

Executive Sponsor:You Are Strong! Center onVeterans Health and

Human Services

Seenew

Flan Chart

(pie chart)at right!

See page 1for info

oncontacting

your USlawmakers AHORA!

Gracias!

Twenty-one new Co-Sponsors of bill H.R.1756 in the US House of Representatives put theBorinqueneers Congressional Gold Medal Alliance (BCGMA) at 151 or 52% of the 290 Co-Sponsors needed to pass the House version of the Borinqueneers Congressional Gold MedalAct , the alliance reported this morning. The U.S. House of Representatives bill was introduced this

spring by Representatives Pedro Pierluisi (D-PR) and Bill Posey (R-FL).The U.S. Senate companion bill, S. 1174 , was introduced in June by Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), and has 20 of the necessary 67 Co-Sponsors.This type of legislation requires two-thirds of the membership of each chamber of Congress tobecome Co-Sponsors for passage of the bills.Similar in nature to the famed Tuskegee Airmen and other segregated U.S. military units, the 65thInfantry Regiment Borinqueneers were the largest, longest-standing, and only active-dutysegregated Latino military unit in U.S. history . Like the Tuskegee Airmen, Navajo CodeTalkers, Nisei Soldiers, and Montford Point Marines whove already been recognized with the Con-gressional Gold Medal, the Borinqueneers overwhelmingly distinguished themselves in battle all thewhile enduring the additional hardships of segregation and discrimination.Hailing from Puerto Rico, the US Army unit was active from 1899-1959. Emblematic of all USmilitary veterans, including the hundreds of thousands of Latino-American veterans , the

Borinqueneers served and sacrificed in the cause of freedom with great pride The youngest ofthese remaining Latino- American heroes are in their 80s and 90s, having served in the KoreanWar, 60 years ago or more.A nationwide, non-partisan, all-volunteer group, the Borinqueneers Congressional Gold MedalAlliance has been advocating the awarding of the Congressional Gold Medal to these elderly veter-ans since late last year. Made up of veterans, Latino-Americans, and like-minded patriots, the organ-ization has worked closely with members of the U.S. Congress to facilitate the successful introduc-tion and subsequent support of this special bipartisan legislation .The alliances national chair, Frank Medina, a 2002 West Point graduate and Iraqi war Veteran, iscoordinating intense efforts this fall, particularly in the lead up to Veterans Day , to encouragindividuals and organizations to reach out to additional Members of Congress to request their Co-Sponsorship of the bills.See page 1 of this update to learn how you can help this historic cause by contacting your US

lawmakers! Thank you very much!
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Borinqueneers Congressional Gold Medal Alliance 11-1-2013 Update.pdf