It was a national security issue.
Every dollar we invest in early childhood development saves $10.
9.1 million children on a yearly average were getting assistance through the welfare system.
The overwhelming majority of cash welfare recipients are children.
I invite people who like history to go back and look at what we did during the war years between 1941 and 1945.
We are now trying to get paid leave because, obviously, that is a burden.
We have an obligation to do our part, that the international efforts are effective, that it's not just about the dollars we put in, but whet...
A peaceful transition, next February, to a duly elected President is vital to the country's economic development and stability.
We need to work together to empower the Haitian people to rebuild their own country.
The economic lift program, the so-called HELP Act backed by lawmakers on both sides of the aisle, was passed early this month.
The United States Government has provided more than $1 billion in humanitarian funding for Haiti...