In addition to serving overseas, the Peace Corps' Crisis Corps Volunteers have helped their fellow Americans.
For my constituents, owning a home is the culmination of many years of hard work and the realization of the American Dream. At no time should a local entity take those years of hard work solely to increase their tax revenue.
Education should be one of our top funding priorities; talking about it does not help the teachers and students who desperately need promises fulfilled.
I have fought to protect those benefits that ensure better salaries for teachers across the Nation such as grants to pay off student loans and funding for Teach for America. Still, we must all do more to show our continued appreciation for our Nation's leading role models.
Education makes children less dependent upon others and opens doors to better jobs and career possibilities.
As a father and grandfather, I have witnessed firsthand the joy of new life entering the world. I know the pain and apprehension that goes along with premature births and birth defects.
