Head Start is especially important to Latino children. Latino children make up more than one-third, 34 percent, of all those eligible for the program.

It is an honor to be awarded with such a high rating from an organization as well respected as the NAACP. I am pleased that the oldest and largest civil rights organization in the nation, has recognized my voting record.

Instead of creating new jobs, Republicans gave tax cuts to companies that send jobs overseas.

Head Start graduates are more likely to graduate from high school and less likely to need special education, repeat a grade, or commit crimes in adolescence.

The School Energy Crisis Relief Act authorizes the Secretary of Energy to issue energy assistance grants to help the poorest school districts across the Nation offset these unexpected and challenging costs.

Caring for our children and making sure they do not get addicted to drugs is all of our responsibility.

As a proud Catholic, I know the impact that faith-based education can have in our society and have witnessed it first hand in my district.