"This Congress has promised all manner of border……" — Solomon Ortiz
"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."
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Solomon Ortiz
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26 Quotes by Solomon Ortiz
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Education is the key to success in life, and teachers make a lasting impact in the lives of their students.
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To honor our national promise to our veterans, we must continue to improve services for our men and women in…
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From the bitter cold winter at Valley Forge, to the mountains of Afghanistan and the deserts of Iraq, our soldiers…
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Teachers are our greatest public servants; they spend their lives educating our young people and shaping our Nation for tomorrow.
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Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize the Peace Corps as it reached its 45th anniversary on March 1, 2006.
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As a father and grandfather, I have witnessed firsthand the joy of new life entering the world. I know the…
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For my constituents, owning a home is the culmination of many years of hard work and the realization of the…
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I have fought to protect those benefits that ensure better salaries for teachers across the Nation such as grants to…
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It matters not what your individual position is on either war we are currently prosecuting - in Iraq or Afghanistan…
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Supporting the troops has got to mean more than bumper stickers on pickup trucks, my friends. We need to give…
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Education should be one of our top funding priorities; talking about it does not help the teachers and students who…
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I worked with the March of Dimes to enact legislation for a national birth defects prevention program to provide surveillance,…
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