 The American people depend on these federal employees to process, investigate, and adjudicate applications for immigration rights and benefits in a timely and thorough manner. |
| The School Energy Crisis Relief Act authorizes the Secretary of Energy to issue energy assistance grants to help the poorest school districts across the Nation offset these unexpected and challenging costs. |
| The Postal Service delivers mail six days a week to nearly 140 million addresses. Every year this number increases by 2 million. |
| Catholic school graduates exhibit a wide variety of qualities that will not only help them in their careers but also in their family and community lives. |
| The goal of the Head Start program is to give at-risk children all across our Nation a fair chance at succeeding in the educational system. |
| With a growing population, there is a growing need for more water delivery and storage. |
| Latinos have fought in all of America's wars, beginning with the Revolutionary War. Many Latinos are fighting and dying for our country today in Iraq, just as several of their ancestors fought for freedom in Mexico over a century ago. |
| Pearl Harbor caused our Nation to wholeheartedly commit to winning World War II, changing the course of our Nation's history and the world's future. |
| The Republicans would like to take us back to a darker time, when corporations ruled and the underserved had no rights. |
| Head Start's ability to improve the educational skills and opportunities of Latino children will be an important component of America's future success. |
| Instead of creating new jobs, Republicans gave tax cuts to companies that send jobs overseas. |
| Cinco de Mayo has come to represent a celebration of the contributions that Mexican Americans and all Hispanics have made to America. |
| Head Start graduates are more likely to graduate from high school and less likely to need special education, repeat a grade, or commit crimes in adolescence. |
| Caring for our children and making sure they do not get addicted to drugs is all of our responsibility. |
