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.

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.

Respecting our veterans includes providing them the ways and means they so desperately need to reintegrate into our lives and serve us again as productive members of our civilian community.

Of course things get stagnant; people get too used to their environment, but that's why I'm in my district every week, at meetings with my constituents.

If there's no relationship with a father who's absent, nobody talks about it.

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

Regardless of the nature of their crime or any rehabilitation that may have occurred, these ex-felons cannot participate in the decision-making process of this great Nation.