The Congressional Hispanic Conference addressed the group’s objectives for the upcoming legislative term at a news conference on Feb. 1.
Co-chairs Reps. Tony Gonzalez (R-Tex.) and Mario Diaz-Balart (R-Fla.) were joined by Alex Mooney (R-W.Va.), Brian Mast (R-Fla.), and Resident Commissioner for Puerto Rico Jenniffer González-Colón, along with several others, to speak with reporters about the group’s past accomplishments and some goals they have already realized.
Gonzalez opened the event by saying that while the Congressional Hispanic Conference (CHC) has been around for about two decades, the 18 members have the most significant presence of conservatives in the group to date. The congressman credited the members of his group with “winning us the majority,” saying the Republicans who took hard-to-win congressional seats helped Republicans regain control of the House of Representatives….