By PATRICIA GUADALUPE
Hispanic Link

The first session of the 110th Congress began in 2007 with a pair of significant firsts for the Hispanic community:

Rep. Nydia Velazquez, D-N.Y., became the first Latina ever to chair a full congressional committee when she took over the House Small Business Committee, and Democrat Silvestre Reyes of Texas became the first Hispanic to chair the influential House Select Committee on Intelligence.

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