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Early childhood education is not just a policy for my family, it is a tradition. My wife Libby was a first grade bilingual teacher before becoming a national leader in pre-k education.
Currently, she connects some our most vulnerable families to a range of services to better ensure their children are healthy and prepared for school and life. My daughter Cathy is also a leader in early childhood education.
Investing in education is the key to keeping Texas and America on the cutting-edge and competitive.
Early childhood education is not just a policy for my family, it is a tradition. My wife Libby was a first grade bilingual teacher before becoming a national leader in pre-k education.
Currently, she connects some our most vulnerable families to a range of services to better ensure their children are healthy and prepared for school and life. My daughter Cathy is also a leader in early childhood education.
Investing in education is the key to keeping Texas and America on the cutting-edge and competitive.
[Remarks as prepared for delivery follow below]:
Mr. Speaker, I believe in the value of work. I voted for the 1996 welfare law because I supported moving people from welfare to work. Our laws should foster job creation. In this important effort, today's bill is not so much malevolent as irrelevant to those poor people.
Because of the way the TANF program is currently structured, only about one percent of the working-age adults across America who are poor are participating in TANF work activities.
[Remarks as prepared for delivery follow below]:
Mr. Speaker, I believe in the value of work. I voted for the 1996 welfare law because I supported moving people from welfare to work. Our laws should foster job creation. In this important effort, today's bill is not so much malevolent as irrelevant to those poor people.
Because of the way the TANF program is currently structured, only about one percent of the working-age adults across America who are poor are participating in TANF work activities.
By Jeremy Gerlach
WASHINGTON — A bill to expand the San Antonio Missions National Historical Park has drawn the support of both Democrat and Republican lawmakers representing the Alamo City, U.S. Rep. Lloyd Doggett said Friday.
Doggett filed a bill that would add 137 acres to the national park, an architectural and cultural gem of San Antonio showcasing the Spanish colonial missions.
"I am on a mission, together with my colleagues, to ensure that the missions national park receives this long-awaited expansion," said Doggett, D-Austin.
WASHINGTON — A bill to expand the San Antonio Missions National Historical Park has drawn the support of both Democrat and Republican lawmakers representing the Alamo City, U.S. Rep. Lloyd Doggett said Friday.
Doggett filed a bill that would add 137 acres to the national park, an architectural and cultural gem of San Antonio showcasing the Spanish colonial missions.
"I am on a mission, together with my colleagues, to ensure that the missions national park receives this long-awaited expansion," said Doggett, D-Austin.
"SanAntonio is a wonderful city with a strong military history and rich religiousheritage. At the heart of the city's heritage are the five missionsfounded in 1717, including the Mission of San Antonio de Valero, which we knowtoday as the Alamo. San Antonio Missions National Historical Park is notjust a Texas landmark, it's a national treasure. I am pleased to be acosponsor of this bipartisan bill that helps preserve and enhance the SanAntonio missions for residents and visitors. This legislation is important forour culture and community.
Austin unveiled another city landmark Friday afternoon. It's the African American Heritage and Cultural Center
The center has been some seven years in the works and after times of not knowing if it would be built it has been and will honor African-American history in Austin.
The mayor and U.S. Representative Lloyd Doggett who lives on the east side along with other dignitaries took part in today's ribbon cutting.
The culture and heritage facility was a $4.4 million project helped along by a 2006 bond election and federal grants.
Washington-- Today, U.S. Rep. Lloyd Doggett released the following video message on the passage of the Violence Against Women Act reauthorization: