Quotes By Joe Baca

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Cinco de Mayo has come to represent a celebration of the contributions that Mexican Americans and all Hispanics have made to America.

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.

With a growing population, there is a growing need for more water delivery and storage.

Instead of creating new jobs, Republicans gave tax cuts to companies that send jobs overseas.

The Republican majority will stop at nothing to prevent access to the legal system for those who are hurt.

The Postal Service delivers mail six days a week to nearly 140 million addresses. Every year this number increases by 2 million.

I consider it top priority to improve water quality and increase water quantity in my community.

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.

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.

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.

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.

We cannot neglect the unemployed, underemployed and dislocated workers of America who need ample and widespread funding for federal job training services.

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.

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.

Every year thousands of Americans mistakenly refer to Cinco de Mayo as Mexico's Independence Day.

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.

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.

Caring for our children and making sure they do not get addicted to drugs is all of our responsibility.

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.

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.

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.

In fact, allowing immigrants to have licenses actually improves homeland security by allowing our government to track who is in our borders.

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.