Cinco de Mayo has come to represent a celebration of the contributions that Mexican Americans and all Hispanics have made to America.

The Postal Service needs tools to modernize and compete. That is why today I am a cosponsor of H.R. 22, the Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act.

Catholic schools in our Nation's education have been paramount in teaching the values that we as parents seek to instill in our children.

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.

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.

In fact, allowing immigrants to have licenses actually improves homeland security by allowing our government to track who is in our borders.