For Immediate Release:

Tuesday, August 2, 2005

I spoke at a celebration at the Buena Nueva housing community in Buena, Washington (just outside of Yakima). Tomás Villanueva, a farmworker advocate, translated my remarks into Spanish. Thank you, Tomas!

"All of us recognize that farmworker housing is a moral issue, an economic issue, and a family issue. Too many workers and their families face very difficult living conditions. Some live in their cars. Others share run-down, overcrowded rooms with other families. These are not the kinds of living conditions we can tolerate in the United States in the 21st Century. They are certainly not suitable for the people who help put food on our tables and who keep our state's economy strong. We can do better, and all of you recognized that and got to work."

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