Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize the Peace Corps as it reached its 45th anniversary on March 1, 2006.

To date, nearly 100,000 Hispanics have died with AIDS. Since Hispanics are the fastest growing minority group in the United States, our challenge is even greater.

Small businesses drive this economy and it is unacceptable that the President's budget proposal does not give them the tools they need to be successful.

This Congress has promised all manner of border security and port security to the tune of billions of dollars... yet we have - to date - funded our promises for port security at only $900 million. That's quite a distance between what we say and what we actually do.

Teachers are our greatest public servants; they spend their lives educating our young people and shaping our Nation for tomorrow.

The Peace Corps is an outstanding organization that promotes peace through helping countless individuals who want to help build a better life for the community in which they serve.

Supporting the troops has got to mean more than bumper stickers on pickup trucks, my friends. We need to give them what they need.