 As a proud Catholic, I know the impact that faith-based education can have in our society and have witnessed it first hand in my district. |
| In fact, allowing immigrants to have licenses actually improves homeland security by allowing our government to track who is in our borders. |
| We cannot neglect the unemployed, underemployed and dislocated workers of America who need ample and widespread funding for federal job training services. |
| Head Start is especially important to Latino children. Latino children make up more than one-third, 34 percent, of all those eligible for the program. |
| I consider it top priority to improve water quality and increase water quantity in my community. |
| It is crucial that members of Congress cast votes that are supportive of the values upon which our nation was founded: equality, freedom, and opportunity for all people. |
| All of our children have so much potential. All of our children deserve a chance at life. |
| The Postal Service's unmatched ability to reach every household and business in America six days a week is a vital part of the nation's infrastructure. |
| Native Americans are the original inhabitants of the land that now constitutes the United States. They have helped develop the fundamental principles of freedom of speech and separation of powers that form the foundation of the United States Government. |
| Many of us are alarmed at the skyrocketing cost of medical care, including patients, who are the consumers. However, medical malpractice is not the reason for these increasing costs. |
| The Republican majority will stop at nothing to prevent access to the legal system for those who are hurt. |
| Catholic schools in our Nation's education have been paramount in teaching the values that we as parents seek to instill in our children. |
| Products made in China are cheap through the exploitation of the workforce. Every time we shop, we are driving the nail further into the coffin of American manufacturing jobs. |
| It is an honor to be awarded with such a high rating from an organization as well respected as the NAACP. I am pleased that the oldest and largest civil rights organization in the nation, has recognized my voting record. |
| As costly as it was in the lives of our men and women in uniform, in military assets, and in esteem and pride, Pearl Harbor was a watershed moment for America. |
| To help U.S. workers, farmers and businesses, and America's long-term economic security, Congress should take decisive action to bring about fair trade with China, instead of squandering this opportunity on a weak Republican bill. |
| We learned in World War II that no single nation holds a monopoly on wisdom, morality or right to power, but that we must fight for the weak and promote democracy. |
| Our immigration system is a broken system that needs to be fixed. We need reform that provides hardworking people of good character with a real path towards citizenship. |
| Every year thousands of Americans mistakenly refer to Cinco de Mayo as Mexico's Independence Day. |
| American families be warned, if the White House doesn't send your jobs overseas, they'll send your kids. |
