Raising a family is difficult enough. But it’s even more difficult for single parents struggling to make ends meet. They don’t need more obstacles. They need more opportunities.
I don’t have all the answers. I need your help, your guidance, and your leadership to tackle the challenges before us.
We’re a superpower with a Third World grid.
The United States is for a two-state solution. The United States wants to see the Israelis and Palestinians come together.
Supporting war initially was a mistake.
You have a 12-foot fence. You know what’ll happen? Thirteen foot ladders.
You can count on time for two things. One is that it will pass. The other is that it will never shut up.
I think what’s going to hurt the Republicans enormously is the extremist position of Mitt Romney on the immigration issue and states like New Mexico, states like Colorado, Nevada, Arizona – and I think it’s going to be the margin of victory for President Obama, a very narrow victory.
The President, in talking about freedom and democracy, is sparking a wave of very positive democratic sentiment that might help us override both Islamic fundamentalism that has formed in that region, and also some of the hatred for our policies of invading Iraq.
The smartest thing we can do to create high-wage jobs and grow our economy is to keep our focus on education.
We must never forget that it is the private sector – not government – that is the engine of economic opportunity. Businesses, particularly small businesses, flourish and can provide good jobs when government acts as a productive partner.
Whether you are a Democrat or a Republican, our nation is stronger when we are respected throughout the world.
Well, does he still have his fingernails? Making inquiries while negotiating the release of a US Army pilot from North Korea, in Time.
So what if it’s risky? It’s the right thing to do. What we’re talking about is 160 people in deep pain. It only affects them.
The last thing we need to do, relating to teachers, is the key to a good education in this country is a strong teacher. I would have a minimum wage for all our teachers, $40,000 per year.
Opposes compromise immigration bill- it tears apart families.
We as a people, as a state, and as a community, have too much promise, too much potential, and too much at stake to go any other way than forward. We are too strong in our hearts, too innovative in our minds, and too firm in our beliefs to retreat from our goals.
Education enables people and societies to be what they can be.
I want all Hispanics in the Republican Party, in the Democratic Party, whether Latin Americans, Central Americans, Cubans, Mexicans, I want us to unite.
I am now a member of the private sector. I’m happy. I’ve got a little foundation. You never say never, but I may have had my last race and that was the Presidential race. I think that you only get one shot.
As state leaders, I think its important for us to provide our perspectives on issues we face every day – like access to school spending, access to health care and governing in a global economy.