Basically because of the hurricane we lost everything. We had no insurance. The tax base is totally gone. There are no businesses to pay taxes to fund things like Little League. This saved us.

I'd heard of St. Bonaventure, but I don't think any of the children or the people in the community had heard of them.

Middle class families are struggling to send their sons and daughters to school. For many Americans, a college education is essential to future success.

Since joining the U.S. House of Representatives in November of 2006, I have strongly supported Speaker Nancy Pelosi. I have the utmost respect for her, and I believe the Democrats were able to accomplish a great deal under her leadership.

Rather than address the priorities of the middle class, the Ryan budget is an attack on American seniors, students, workers, and families - all for the sake of protecting loopholes for the wealthy and corporations that ship jobs overseas.

Instead of unfairly demonizing teachers, we should be working with them to find solutions to the problems in our schools and make sure every child gets an outstanding public education.