Welcome to the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Website. The Congressional Hispanic Caucus aims to address national and international issues and the impact these policies have on the Hispanic community. The Caucus is dedicated to voicing and advancing, through the legislative process, issues affecting Hispanics in the United States and Puerto Rico. The CHC was founded in December 1976.
CHC Decries Recent Hate Crime - (Washington D.C.)-The Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC) joined a chorus of communities and organizations decrying the most recent anti-Latino hate crime in Brooklyn, NY. Last week, Jose Sucuzhanay, walking through Brooklyn with his brother, was hit in the head with a bottle and beaten with a baseball bat while his assailants shouted racial and other slurs....More
12/16/2008
CHC Praises Sutley Appointment -
(Washington D.C.)-The Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC) praised the appointment of Nancy Sutley to head the White House Council on Environmental Quality. She currently serves as the Deputy Mayor in Los Angeles on Energy and the Environment, and is of Argentinean descent. She is also is the first openly gay person appointed by the Obama administration....More