We will never stop illegal immigration until this country has a comprehensive, realistic immigration policy.

We need to work together, on a bipartisan basis, to create new jobs, increase job training, enact real and substantive middle class tax relief, and reward companies that create jobs at home.

Closing the gap for women entrepreneurs should be a priority for the federal government - and yet the Small Business Administration has failed in their promise to women business owners.

If we do not get No Child Left Behind right for Limited English Proficient students, the law will be a failure for most schools in the 15th Congressional District, and for many across the nation.

We must not allow this generation to produce record numbers for the juvenile justice, runaway and homeless youth, or foster care systems.

America cannot turn its back on the economic future and women-owned businesses are part of that future.

Tragically, the White House Task Force on Disadvantaged Youth reported that one-quarter of our young people are at serious risk of not achieving productive adulthood.