The policies on the Republican side have been much better for Hispanics, for minorities, but the rhetoric, unfortunately, has not.

In my years of public service at both the federal and state levels, I have had the privilege of representing most of the communities that make up Congressional District 21, including Hialeah, Westchester, Doral, Kendall, Miami Lakes, Hialeah Gardens, Medley and Palmetto Bay.

Even illegals are not coming into the United States now because they can't find jobs. It's how desperate the job situation is in the United States.

Immigration is a sensitive topic.

Mitt Romney, you can criticize him for a lot of things, and that's fair, but he knows how the economy works.

The best thing I can make is a peanut butter-and-jelly sandwich.

Millions of Americans are either underemployed or unemployed

The only poll obviously that matters is the last one, the one that's counted after all the votes are cast.

I will leave the U.S Congress when the term for which I was elected expires in January 2011 and return to the practice of law with a sense of duty fulfilled