To Date, Nearly 100,000 Hispanics Have Died

I Have Fought To Protect Those Benefits That Ensure Better Salaries For Teachers Across The Nation Such As Grants To Pay Off Student Loans And Funding For Teach For America. Still, We Must All Do More To Show Our Continued Appreciation For Our Nation's Leading Role Models.

It Matters Not What Your Individual Position Is On Either War We Are Currently Prosecuting - In Iraq Or Afghanistan - Certainly We Can All Agree Protesting At Military Funerals Is A Cruel And Unnecessary Hardship On Our Military Families During Their Most Difficult Hour.

Education Should Be One Of Our Top Funding Priorities; Talking About It Does Not Help The Teachers And Students Who Desperately Need Promises Fulfilled.

This Congress Has Promised All Manner Of Border Security And Port Security To The Tune Of Billions Of Dollars... Yet We Have - To Date - Funded Our Promises For Port Security At Only $900 Million. That's Quite A Distance Between What We Say And What We Actually Do.

I Worked With The March Of Dimes To Enact Legislation For A National Birth Defects Prevention Program To Provide Surveillance, Research And Preventive Services Aimed At Reducing The Rate Of Birth Defects.