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.

We learned in World War II that no single nation holds a monopoly on wisdom, morality or right to power, but that we must fight for the weak and promote democracy.

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

Products made in China are cheap through the exploitation of the workforce. Every time we shop, we are driving the nail further into the coffin of American manufacturing jobs.

The goal of the Head Start program is to give at-risk children all across our Nation a fair chance at succeeding in the educational system.

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

We cannot neglect the unemployed, underemployed and dislocated workers of America who need ample and widespread funding for federal job training services.