Political Quotes

I enter into the Record the story of a 15-year- old Salvadoran boy whose body was found in a plastic bag with his hands and feet bound. [From La Pagina, June 25, 2014] Burn Bus Route 177 in Tecoluca After Assaulting Passenger (By Maribel…

Yet again, House Republicans have taken us down to the wire--refusing to pass a budget or to pay our bills on time. As The Wall Street Journal asked recently of the GOP: ``Are you nuts?'' If their antics force the government to shut down…

This past Monday was the first time in months that 1.3 million out-of-work Americans went to their mailboxes and did not find an unemployment check. People like Kaitlyn Smith from my State of California, a Marine Corps vet and mother of…

I am in strong opposition of the underlying bill, as it makes damaging cuts to Community Development Block Grants. A cut of $1.6 billion--a nearly 50 percent reduction from the previous year--is not smart policymaking. These draconian cuts…