"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 and poverty, more than half (53%) of whom are Latino."
"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..."
"Latinos are our nation's fastest growing and largest minority group of children."
"This is a vital issue for the Nation, a vital issue for the Latino community."
"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."
"The dropout crisis has a devastating impact on the Latino community."
"Congress must work toward policies that address the dropout crisis for Latinos."
"Much remains to be done on public lands."
"I think the issue of outreach and how it is done and the importance of that is important and the insular areas and territories to be included in the overall scope of the legislation as vital, and nece..."
"I am proud to have the support of preeminent conservation groups, as well as the leading national parks advocacy groups."
"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."