I'm concerned that what my colleague from Texas is proposing could do just that, hide the truth about Cesar Chavez and unfortunately, the incredible farm worker movement with it. The legislation that Senator Cornyn is asking us to approve today would not only abolish the Cesar Chavez National Monument, it could erase the foundational history of the farm workers movement. In the process, it would follow through on the threat that silenced the survivors of Chavez's aggression abuse. Let me be clear. (04:40–04:52)
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Asserts that Senator Cornyn's proposed legislation would abolish the Cesar Chavez National Monument and potentially erase the farm workers movement's history.
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