We must maintain the national program quality and comprehensive services of Head Start.

Today, in my congressional district, because of the Affordable Care Act there are over 100,000 individuals who now have health insurance.

This program serves between 15,000 to 20,000 children and families. Head Start has made a significant impact on improving the opportunities for eligible children.

In my district, the majority of the uninsured population falls under the Medicaid coverage gap and does not qualify for assistance in healthcare marketplace.

To prevent such a calamity from happening again, we enacted the Dodd-Frank Act.

We can invest in our preschool programs today or in juvenile detention tomorrow.

The Pope says, we must make the right amount of investments to address poverty found in older senior persons and children in low-income families.

I would like to take a moment to state my unwavering support for the Export-Import Bank.

The Export-Import Bank is a vital free market, economic engine for our manufactures, producers, and exporters.

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…