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.

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