Civil Rights, Housing, and Voting Rights
The Civil Rights, Housing, and Voting Rights Task Force works to protect the civil rights, housing and voting rights of the Latino community. The task force oversees issues such as the Voting Rights Act, hate crimes, and housing fairness.
Members:
Rep. José Serrano, Co-Chair
Rep. Norma Torres, Co-Chair
Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard
More on Civil Rights, Housing, and Voting Rights
March 19, 2012
“To compromise our legal system and basic tenets of justice sends a message to our children of color that their lives don't have value. I urge Sec. Holder to take the first step in restoring justice and investigate Trayvon’s killing.”
March 7, 2012
SHOWS INEQUITIES AROUND TEACHER EXPERIENCE, DISCIPLINE AND HIGH SCHOOL RIGOR
March 1, 2012
"To say that this type of behavior is indefensible and deeply disturbing is really to scratch at the surface of a deeper issue...No matter what his intentions were, his actions were racist."
February 27, 2012
"Mitt Romney's belief that Arizona's extreme immigration law, SB 1070, should be a nationwide model is disturbing and shows just how tone-deaf and disconnected he is to our country's fastest growing population."
February 16, 2012
We stand here, black, white, Asian and Latino, to say with one voice, that inequality will not stand. The struggle goes on. The march continues… And we will never allow our nation to go back!
January 25, 2012
Chairman Charles A. Gonzalez (TX 20) and Rep. Raúl M. Grijalva (AZ 7), chair of the CHC education task force, sent a letter this week to top federal education officials urging an investigation of whether an Arizona state law violates federal standards by targeting Tucson Unified School District’s successful Mexican-American Studies (MAS) program.
January 25, 2012
I‘m glad the president believes that we have a lot of work to do. Even though there has been consistent private sector job growth for the past 22 months, unemployment levels are simply unacceptable. With 11% of Hispanics left jobless in the wake of a housing crisis and financial meltdown, President Obama and Congress must do everything we can to jump start our economy and to avoid creating another legacy of boom-and-bust cycles.
January 10, 2012
There is no doubt that Ms. Muñoz’s experiences working with Congress and advocacy organizations across the country will prove to be a benefit to the president.
November 7, 2011
Chairman Gonzalez resonded to the news that Senators DeMint, Vitter and Sessions will offer a bill to prohibit President Obama from participating in lawsuits against states over recent immigration laws.
November 2, 2011
Chairman Gonzalez released this statement in response to comments made by Rep. Jeff Duncan (SC 3) comparing our country’s broken immigration system to a house without a door that allows "any kind of vagrant or animal" to come in.