However, as a parent, as a grandparent, as a former educator, I know that these practices alone when we are dealing with young children are insufficient. We will never control this rising epidemic without greater accountability from the food industry.

I've never been a passive person. I've always felt that, if you think something should be changed, it's your responsibility to actively pursue that change.

I was on the San Diego school board for 4 years, where I watched children successfully matriculate into elementary schools from Head Start programs from all around our city.

However, don't let these statistics mislead you, gang violence is not limited to California and or big urban areas - that might have been true a while ago but it is no longer the case today.

With more than 1,300 sites of care, VA operates the largest integrated health care system in the county

Congress is headed in the wrong direction with this bill which removes any and all incentives from the food industry to improve their products for children.

I’m a Congressman, and can do whatever I want