Congressional Hispanic Caucus Seeks Invitation for Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto

WASHINGTON, D.C. – On Thursday, February 9^th, the Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC) sent a letter to Congressional Leadership – Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, House Speaker Paul Ryan, and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi – asking them to invite Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto to address a Joint Session of Congress.

The letter signed by the Executive Board of the CHC and caucus members with deep foreign policy experience was penned in response to President Trump's recent comments and actions and highlights the two countries' important social, economic, and national security ties.

CHC leaders closed by saying, "recent statements and actions by the Trump Administration have damaged our nations' ties. It is absolutely critical that Congress reiterate the United States' commitment to our important ally Mexico."

The letter was signed by: Congresswoman Michelle Lujan Grisham (D-NM-01), Chairwoman Congressional Hispanic Caucus; Senator Robert Menendez (D-NJ), U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations; Congressman Joaquin Castro (D-TX-20), 1st Vice-Chair Congressional Hispanic Caucus; Congressman Ruben Gallego (D-AZ-07), 2nd Vice-Chair Congressional Hispanic Caucus; Congressman Pete Aguilar (D-CA-31), Whip Congressional Hispanic Caucus; Congresswoman Norma Torres (D-CA-35), Chair Congressional Hispanic Caucus Latin America and Foreign Affairs Task Force and Subcommittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation and Trade and the Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere of the Foreign Affairs Committee.

COPY OF LETTER

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The 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. The CHC is dedicated to voicing and advancing, through the legislative process, issues affecting Hispanics in the United States, Puerto Rico and U.S. Territories.