I see cuts that are going to impact communities of color, which have been disadvantaged and disproportionately hit.
I hope that you had a chance to read this article, New York Times article, 'When Addiction Has a White Face.'
You are cutting $6,700,000 from the minority AIDS program.
I think we need more resources for this, but I know in my district, again, in the city of Oakland, we care much about en...
I, too, believe we need to increase the budget, flat funding, fine, but for what you do and for what these volunteers do...
It is still mind-boggling to think we have a literacy problem in America.
Programs like AmeriCorps VISTA, I mean, the taxpayer gets a heck of a lot for our investment.
So ethnic minorities, again, are getting cut in this budget like everybody.
There were fewer African-American males enrolled in medical school now than in 1978.
We need to really recognize that and try to understand the fact that this allocation at this level continues to really h...
this budget proposes to cut $20,000,000 out of REACH.