Jim Inhofe: “I can relate to the remarks of the Senator from Ohio. He and I had the honor of sharing the same position of mayor of a…”

“I can relate to the remarks of the Senator from Ohio. He and I had the honor of sharing the same position of mayor of a major city. It happens I started--maybe you did--the first Hispanic commissioner in the city of Tulsa. We had a sister city in Mexico, Ciudad de San Luis Potosi. They would come up there once a year for this big exchange program. I can remember standing there in front of all of our citizens, our Hispanic citizens of Tulsa, saying: Como Acalde de la ciudad de Tulsa, yo quiero decir Bien venidos, bien venidos a la ciudad. Creemos la Ciudad de San Luis Potosi es la ciudad mas hermosa de todas las ciudades del mundo. Their faces shined and they realized we were participating in their culture and they in ours. They asked me the question last week, and I asked the distinguished Senator from Utah, What do we say to them when we go back and talk to them? Why won't they give us a chance, give one Hispanic a chance at a high office? They asked me that question and I did not have a very good answer for them. But they said, You know, there are a lot of us out here who really do care. They said, Why don't you kind of visit with us a little bit. Muchos Hispanos estan eschuchando ahora. . . Y Yo Quiero Decir. Por desgracia, hay personas en el senado que no quieren escuchar a ni una palabra de la verdad.…”