Rubén Hinojosa: “I commend the Department of Education for their leadership in making a seamless and successful nationwide transition to…”

But let us not say that $1 billion increase as was pointed out by Ms. Bauscher is too much because I was voting to approve for many, many years, 12, 13 years, spending $10 to $12 billion a month in our war in Iraq and Afghanistan. So $1…

I was born and raised in Hidalgo County where more than half of the residents are on food stamps, and they have all these children who are participating. That is why I fully support these new child nutrition programs and believe we should…

We sell our families short when we accept that high-interest loans are the best we can do for our communities.

You made the statement that the HBCUs are a very important component of higher education, and I have been one of the strongest supporters of HBCUs.