"The Fish and Wildlife Service should play a leadership role in coordinating a national response to WNS."
"Given that Latino students are a significant and rapidly growing segment of the student population, are there plans to make a stronger effort to appoint Latinos and Latinas to positions in the Departm..."
"After seeing the Recovery Act and the President's FY10 budget, the Hispanic community has been concerned that the new administration has not prioritized English language learners, or the Latino studen..."
"The President's budget proposed to eliminate the Even Start Family Literacy program. If funding for this program is eliminated, this will affect 59,000 parents and children struggling with illiteracy ..."
"Latinos are the fastest-growing segment of the U.S. student population and represent the future of the U.S. workforce."
"When only half of the Latino students who enter ninth grade graduate with a high school diploma, it just points out the kind of devastation and distress that we feel in the communities."
"This is a vital issue for the Nation, a vital issue for the Latino community."
"Latinos are our nation's fastest growing and largest minority group of children."
"The dropout crisis has a devastating impact on the Latino community."
"Congress must work toward policies that address the dropout crisis for Latinos."
"Thank you very much. Let me call the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands to order on a hearing on the Public Lands Service Corps Act of 2009."
"Today the Subcommittee will hear testimony on legislation I introduced two weeks ago, along with Chairman Rahall, to help repair and restore our nation's public lands while employing and training thou..."