Hurricane season routinely strikes the Caribbean harder than the U.S.

I am a firm believer that upon release, ex-offenders should be afforded a second chance to become productive citizens by providing rehabilitation and education that will help them join the workforce.

Immigrants have faced huge obstacles to achieving the American Dream, yet have persevered to overcome them.

Reapportionment is not friendly to a lot of communities and it hasn't been too friendly to mine.

If you are spending too much, you cut back on spending and you raise your revenues. And that's it.

The use of our military in combat should first require declaration of war. I have long called for reinstating the military draft, simply because I believe strongly that a national decision to go to war must also include a broad commitment to share its burdens. Whenever Congress decides to fund a war or other U.S. combat activities, it must provide a means to pay for it-then and there-not later. If we don't have the will to fully share the burdens of war, then we have no right to send our sons and daughters into harm's way.

I don't know whether the number of any particular Latino group has made or will make any particular difference in the issues that I am concerned with.