The Pell Grant program is also a lifeline for America's economy.

For African-American and Latino students, education is the only--the only--stepping stone out of poverty.

Mr. Speaker, last week there was a ribbon cutting at Miami International Airport for 36 new customer service kiosks. While this was greeted as good news, there is still a great unanswered question: What happens to all the customer service…

Mr. Speaker, today we mark the 35th anniversary of the massacre of Jonestown. Prior to September 11, this was the deadliest event in U.S. history, excluding wars and natural disasters. More than 900 innocent people were killed after being…

Mr. Speaker, it has now been more than 1,000 days since I arrived in Congress, and Republican leaders have still not allowed a single vote on serious legislation to address our unemployment crisis. We have lost millions of jobs through…

Mr. Speaker, it has been more than 1,000 days since I arrived in Congress, and Republican leaders have still not allowed a single vote on serious legislation to address our jobs crisis. Instead, this House has voted 46 times to defund or…

They feel left out.

Thank you for holding this hearing. I will not have time to ask the many questions that I have that have been submitted to me by my constituents, so I am going to leave them for you--for staff to get answers to them.

Will our government do anything to help with this problem? It is a real issue.

They are concerned about the elections, and they are saying in the community in Miami that when the President does not allow for the elections, he is appointing people to these Senate seats.

There are problems of insecurity, deprivation, hunger, and lack of prevention.