Joe Baca Quotations

As costly as it was in the lives of our men and women in uniform, in military assets, and in esteem and pride, Pearl Harbor was a watershed moment for America.

Catholic school graduates exhibit a wide variety of qualities that will not only help them in their careers but also in their family and community lives.

Our immigration system is a broken system that needs to be fixed. We need reform that provides hardworking people of good character with a real path towards citizenship.

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

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.

Native Americans are the original inhabitants of the land that now constitutes the United States. They have helped develop the fundamental principles of freedom of speech and separation of powers that form the foundation of the United States Government.

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

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

Every year thousands of Americans mistakenly refer to Cinco de Mayo as Mexico's Independence Day.

I consider it top priority to improve water quality and increase water quantity in my community.

Pearl Harbor caused our Nation to wholeheartedly commit to winning World War II, changing the course of our Nation's history and the world's future.

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.

Latinos have fought in all of America’s wars, beginning with the Revolutionary War. Many Latinos are fighting and dying for our country today in Iraq, just as several of their ancestors fought for freedom in Mexico over a century ago.

Head Start's ability to improve the educational skills and opportunities of Latino children will be an important component of America's future success.

The American people depend on these federal employees to process, investigate, and adjudicate applications for immigration rights and benefits in a timely and thorough manner.

The Postal Service delivers mail six days a week to nearly 140 million addresses. Every year this number increases by 2 million.

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.

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

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

It is crucial that members of Congress cast votes that are supportive of the values upon which our nation was founded: equality, freedom, and opportunity for all people.

The Postal Service's unmatched ability to reach every household and business in America six days a week is a vital part of the nation's infrastructure.

As a proud Catholic, I know the impact that faith-based education can have in our society and have witnessed it first hand in my district.

All of our children have so much potential. All of our children deserve a chance at life.

The Republican majority will stop at nothing to prevent access to the legal system for those who are hurt.

American families be warned, if the White House doesn't send your jobs overseas, they'll send your kids.

Many of us are alarmed at the skyrocketing cost of medical care, including patients, who are the consumers. However, medical malpractice is not the reason for these increasing costs.

Those numbers are outrageous, ... We need to let the Department of Education know that we need funds to support preventive programs. It's always the same schools that apply and receive funding. Well, that's going to end. Local schools will receive federal money to be spent on these needed programs.

To help U.S. workers, farmers and businesses, and America's long-term economic security, Congress should take decisive action to bring about fair trade with China, instead of squandering this opportunity on a weak Republican bill.

I've made a lot of friends. The Garber people expect a lot more than the Billings people. We have a better chance to win here. We have more athletes. There's a lot more competition.

School violence is a serious problem that endangers students, interferes with learning and harms our communities, ... My legislation will help make schools safer for students throughout the United States.

It was in good fun, ... They got to gloat but we're still in the majority.

I told everyone to step up their games at halftime. We tend to get down on ourselves, but we didn't let that happen this time.

I'm going to make sure (it is) really prime land, ... in the middle of nowhere.

I probably should have pulled the trigger earlier, ... We just got off to a bad start.

It has to end. Our students need to feel safe in school, ... Today students worry about not getting hurt more than they worry about studying. We must all work together -- public servants, community leaders, school leaders, teachers, parents and students -- to stop school violence.

The Inland Empire is indeed species rich, but we have been hit hard by jobs lost by ESA. That is why we need to take into account the human cost.

To help U.S. workers, farmers and businesses, and Americas long-term economic security, Congress should take decisive action to bring about fair trade with China, instead of squandering this opportunity on a weak Republican bill.

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

With a growing population, there is a growing need for more water delivery and storage.

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.

The Republicans would like to take us back to a darker time, when corporations ruled and the underserved had no rights.

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.

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 is especially important to Latino children. Latino children make up more than one-third, 34 percent, of all those eligible for the program.

The School Energy Crisis Relief Act authorizes the Secretary of Energy to issue energy assistance grants to help the poorest school districts across the Nation offset these unexpected and challenging costs.