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Week Ending June 10, 2005

Senate Resolution 163 designating Jun 5 through June 11, 2005 as “National Hispanic Media Week” in honor of the Hispanic Media of America.

BRIEF

  Whatever might constitute celebrating Hispanic Media Week with “appropriate programs and activities” the Resolution urges Americans to do so.

   The Resolution preamble notes that Hispanic media–defined as Hispanic writers and publishers–has been benefiting the US for “470 years”. The number would indicate that written Hispanic publications were circulating in this region of North America for over two hundred years before the Declaration of Independence. Despite that curious timeline the preamble concludes that today, 600 Hispanic publications distribute 20,000,000 copies each week to one in every eight Americans.

Sponsor: Senator Pete V. Domenici (R-NM)

Vote: Passed Senate by Unanimous Consent (June 8, 2005)

Cost to the taxpayers: No discernible cost.

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Designating June 5 through June 11, 2005, as `National Hispanic Media Week', in honor of the Hispanic Media of America.

Whereas for almost 470 years the United States has benefited from the work of Hispanic writers and publishers;

Whereas over 600 Hispanic publications circulate over 20,000,000 copies every week in the United States;

Whereas 1 in 8 Americans is served by a Hispanic publication;

Whereas the Hispanic press informs many Americans about great political, economic, and social issues of our day;

Whereas the Hispanic press in the United States focuses in particular on informing and promoting the well being of our country's Hispanic community; and

Whereas commemorating the achievements of the Hispanic press acknowledges the important role the Hispanic press has played in United States history: Now, therefore, be it

Resolved, That the Senate--

(1) designates June 5 through June 11, 2005, as `National Hispanic Media Week', in honor of the Hispanic Media of America; and

(2) encourages the people of the United States to observe the week with appropriate programs and activities.

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