Mr. Speaker. I rise today in honor of Hispanic Heritage Month. to recognize Daniel Hilario Barajas for his service to Floridas Ninth Congressional District. Daniel Hilario Barajas was born on May 4. 1982 in Winter Haven. Florida. into a migrant farm worker family. He grew up working the orange groves of Florida. tobacco fields of North Carolina. and apple orchards of Michigan. As a young man. Daniel had legal problems due to misguided affiliations with gangs. Though he did not complete high school. he earned his GED in 2001. In 2009. he decided to walk away from gang life and founded the "Library of Hope." a charitable organization focused on collecting books and eyeglasses to donate to inmates in Polk County.