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On the recordJune 24, 1999
I am delighted to congratulate Mr. Luis Sabines, President of the United States Latin American Chamber of Commerce (Camacol), for his devoted labor in establishing the annual Hemispheric Congress and for having been honorably elected to preside as President of the Hemispheric Congress for the year 2000.
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Ileana Ros-Lehtinen
Republican · Florida

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Congratulating Luis Sabines on his election as President of the Hemispheric Congress.

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