I rise during this Hispanic Heritage Month to ask my colleagues to join me in recognizing Dolores Huerta for a lifetime of service and honor her on the 85th anniversary of her birth. Living in Stockton. California. she witnessed the unjust exploitation and suffering of migrant workers. Refusing to stay silent in the face of brutal working conditions. Dolores joined Cesar Chavez to cofound what is now United Farm Workers. the leading advocacy voice for the migrant community. Dolores actions were essential to pass the 1975 California Agricultural Labor Relations Act. Her tenacity is captured in the resonating chant. "Si.