This legislation has received an overwhelming positive response. not only from my fellow Arizonans. but from Americans all across the Nation. It has also received an endorsement from the Congressional Hispanic Caucus. Cesar Chavez. an Arizonan born in Yuma. was the son of migrant farm workers. While his formal education ended in the eighth grade. his insatiable intellectual curiosity and determination helped make him known as one of the great American leaders for his successes in ensuring migrant farm workers were treated fairly and honestly. His efforts on behalf of some of the most oppressed individuals in our society is an inspiration. and through his work he made America a bigger and better nation. While Chavez and his family migrated across the southwest looking for farm work. he evolved into a advocate of migrant farm workers. He founded the National Farm Workers Association in 1962. which later became the United Farm Workers of America. He gave a voice to those who had no voice.