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On the recordApril 24, 2012
I ask unanimous consent that the resolution be agreed to, the preamble be agreed to, the motions to reconsider be laid upon the table, with no intervening action or debate, and any statements related to the resolution be printed in the Record. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The resolution (S. Res. 432) was agreed to. The preamble was agreed to. The resolution, with its preamble, reads as follows: S. Res. 432 Whereas many nations throughout the world, and especially within the Western hemisphere, celebrate ``Dia de los Ninos'', or ``Day of the Children'', on the 30th of April, in recognition and celebration of their country's future--their children; Whereas children represent the hopes and dreams of the people of the United States and children are the center of families in the United States; Whereas the people of the United States should nurture and invest in children to preserve and enhance economic prosperity, democracy, and the American spirit; Whereas according to the 2010 Census report, there are more than 50,000,000 individuals of Hispanic descent living in the United States, more than 17,000,000 of those are children; Whereas Hispanics in the United States, the youngest and fastest growing ethnic community in the Nation, continue the tradition of honoring their children on Dia de los Ninos, and wish to share this custom with the rest of the Nation; Whereas the primary teachers of family values, morality, and culture are parents and family me…
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