Local Representative Gutierrez Introduces GOP to Latinos, Again by Gary Kopycinski on November 15, 2012 Gary Kopycinski Author More in Local: Park Forest’s Sandra Zoellner Retires After 21 Years of Service June 17, 2026 Save the date for The Prairie Party at theNate June 17, 2026 Governors State Has New Soccer Complex and New Men’s Coach June 17, 2026 Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–November 15, 2012. Congressman Luis V. Gutierrez (D-IL) spoke on the Floor of the U.S. House of Representatives this morning (at approximately 10 am ET) in an effort to introduce the Republican Party to America’s Latinos.