Joe Baca

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

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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

The Republicans would like to take us back to a darker time, when corporations ruled and the underserved had no rights.

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.

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

All of our children have so much potential. All of our children deserve a chance at life.

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.

American families be warned, if the White House doesn't send your jobs overseas, they'll send your kids.

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.

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.

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.