Exactly that. So im grateful to be here. Im also grateful for the opportunity to talk with a room of leaders who have a tremendous opportunity to have impact on behalf of or our nations children. So i know were going to get to a q a, so i wont speak for long, but i wanted to first try to frame a bit about our progress that weve made over the last seven years, some of the challenges that we face and the opportunities, the tremendous opportunities ahead. Since the beginning of the administration, we have seen significant reductions in the dropout rate. Even in this room knows last year we had the highest Graduation Rate from high school that weve ever had as a country. Thats thanks to leadership from folks in this room. [applause] much of that improvement has been driven by reductions in the dropout rate for africanamerican and Latino States in particular. That is a very encouraging sign. It is encouraging sign we have tens of thousands of more students with access than before the admini
In terms of favorable and unfavorable opinions same thing well see here in terms of the opinions of most hispanics tend to favor the democratic party, and you would think well game over. We dont need to discuss this any further. Well, not exactly. Because weve seen how different candidates have done very well in different races, and i have given just three, three hispanic republicans that have done well in their respective states. Actually Governor Martinez and sandoval are extremely popular in their respective states, and they were both reelected in resounding victories. In terms of issues, gop is seen antiimmigrant and thats clear and certainly recent Public Discourse doesnt help in that front. And weve seen, for example, how some hispanic groups specifically Puerto Ricans in the i4 corridor in Central Florida even though they voted in 2004 for george w. Bush reelection they voted overwhelmingly for president obama in his reelection just a few years later. And thats a reflection on t
To make it easier for young people like the ymca to move through the current permit process and open the doors to hundreds of young people and organizations. So despite the good points, there are gaps in the budget request. We should work to address these so we can do more to Work Together on recreational access, Small Businesses in my state that rely on recreation in our economy are confused about some of the priorities in the budget. For example, the Forest Service is proposing to cut road maintenance and is exploring ways to close some of the major recreational routes in my state. This is were going to hear loudly from people on this. I hope we can ask a question and get some details on that. In the same budget the agency is proposing significant increases in new roads. So people are trying to understand the new roads versus maintenance. Without much of an explanation, we want to understand how we make sure that these priorities are met on both sides. I want to take a point of perso