Rio Grande Valley Oral Histories

Interview with Eligio (Kika) de la Garza - Part 02

Identifier

ELIBR-0078-2

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Creation Date

8-5-2009

Description

  • 00:00 - Introduction.
  • 00:25 - Can you talk a little bit about the first time you ran for the congress?
  • 02:50 - Did you have money for the first campaign?
  • 03:40 - First run for the congress experiences.
  • 04:40 - Kika has the support of his friends, family, and campaign manager for his first campaign.
  • 06:30 - Kika remembers that there were not airports so it was harder to transport from place to place. “It was challenging but interesting.”
  • 07:00 - Some of the congress members of South Texas background.
  • 08:30 - Political powers at that time.
  • 09:45 - What were some of the issues that you faced during your first campaign?
  • 10:00 - Education – one of the major issues.
  • 10:40 - Health – Kika supported Medicare and Medicaid.
  • 13:00 - It was a hard campaign.
  • 13:00 - They did not have a lot of money for the first campaign, however they had a lot of support.
  • 13:30 - People who supported Kika’s first campaign.
  • 14:30 - Texas delegation – members of congress.
  • 16:00 - Kika was welcomed to the congress.
  • 16:30 - Kika joined the Agriculture committee.
  • 17:00 - Kika the youngest man at the congress at that time.
  • 17:35 - Kika became chair of the Agriculture committee – the youngest chair of the committee.
  • 20:40 - Political leaders.
  • 22:10 - Kika was invited, together with his wife, to almost all the functions of the White House.
  • 25:00 - Relations with Mexico and South America.
  • 25:50 - Kennedy and the new progressive programs.
  • 27:00 - Local Education.
  • 30:00 - Federal Education and the creation of new buildings.
  • 34:00 - Food programs for poor areas.
  • 44:00 - Founding for food programs and the results.
  • 46:00 - Kika explains that these programs were also nutritional.
  • 48:50 - Benefits of the nutritional programs.
  • 50:26 - Do you think that the money spent in these programs impacted the economy of the area?
  • 1:00:00 - End of the interview.

Format

.MP4

Length

01:02:11

Language

English

Interview with Eligio (Kika) de la Garza - Part 02

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