The Emancipation Proclamation, signed by President Abraham Lincoln, was put into effect on January 1, 1863, but news of the Proclamation and enforcement did not reach Texas until after the end of the Civil War almost two years later.

We are also ignoring and underfunding high speed rail which is one of the best ways to move citizens and improve congestion on our highways.

Undoubtedly, there are numerous problems with the immigration system here in The United States.

Today right here in America we have 50 million people without health insurance.

So here we are, just two months away from the election, with more and more examples that modern day Jim Crowe laws are alive and well in the state of Florida.

I come from a district where the veterans are not the richest in the country.

I just want someone to explain to the American public why investing in transportation in Iraq is so much more important than investing in passenger rail right here in the United States of America.