We are not factored in. [applause] for a vote, we are sending a message to washington, to our state legislators that we are going to hold elected officials accountable. Come the next election we will fire them again just like we hired them through our votes. One of the ways we can do this is by helping our community to understand the connection between elections and what happens in the everyday price. Washington d. C. Los angeles, almost 3,000 miles away there is sometimes a disconnect and when i am talking to Committee Members and talking about the vote, the impulse. They dont have time to vote. Wants the Community Starts to understand the connection between what they are trying to do with their family whether it is a decent paying job, quality and affordable education for their children, child care, how all these things are directly decided by who is in Atlanta Office so if they want to have a better quality of life they cannot afford not to elect individuals who are going to support both policies. Then will light seems to go on because they understand the connection between elections and the impact of elections, what theyre trying to do in everyday life and that is the message we have to get across to our community. For them to understand the significance of the significance of the vote and the power of the vote, one of the first things we looked at, to make some kind of policy decision or a vote. Our constituents are saying, because we know we are held accountable and explain what ever vote or policy decisions we make. That is from message. We have to give meaning to to the vote of our community and once we do, believe me, the Latino Community will no longer be ignored. [applause] a few more minutes to open questions from both of you. Five 46 years ago. And in the election, the 3 community, how do you get the Democratic Senate in that seat. That was election day. That is not a question you ask two weeks before the election but two years before the election because our population, the afterthought, to get together. When i ran for congress the first time, i was young at that time, it was 18 to 25. It was a plan for how many mail pieces we are going to do. There was no mail to the 1825. Those people never vote and i said maybe they dont vote because nobody ever talks to them or give some reason they need to vote. [applause] a big problem is a vicious cycle and therefore they are unreliable. Time, energy and money are going to stay home whereas if we were to try to engage them help from understand, if you could get enthusiasm to the midterm elections there would be a voting bloc and no one could ignore because there would be a revolving trust. And their votes would matter. We have still considered a swing vote even though we are the fastestgrowing population in this country and we have to move out of that category and regular voter category who you are going to answer for with a vote for policy decisions and that is gone all of us. What you have in the audience as well, at 80 of my time in the district talking to constituents about what is going on in washington d. C. Because it is 3,000 mile away. When we talk about what we are doing in washington or why it matters, and they are engaged. I would like to go back to what we started with and basile, regardless of the issues that didnt get done away we wanted them to, this community does not stand up and exercise its vote. This is the reason. I believe these two young ladies were not in the hispanic caucus at the time that we took one of the most important votes we have ever taken and we now see the aftermath of what the policy decision has done to our country and our people, will we go, will we allow the president to cross the line and go into iraq in a preemptive move. I believe that one of the most important days and one of my proudest days in congress was when the entire hispanic caucus voted no to go into iraq. [applause] we lost that vote, wind in and have all the problems and our returning men and women, i see it everyday. What i am saying is it takes hispanics and in particular when i look at the women in the Congress Whose stand up and who fight every day and take the vote the people who are on the forefront of pushing the hard vote, when we had the Health Care Vote it was the Democratic Women to all stood up and voted for it and that third of those women did not return to the congress because of that vote. For our community, think about it, for our community this Health Care Issue is going to be the best thing that ever happened to us and when we get it right and all works out, we are healthier community because of those courageous women who stood up and vote. Time after time after time i have seen this. Ac area of the vote, i stood up in congress and looked all the reasons why we dont have a good plan going and dining in syriac against the president and our own party, we got to get this right. We cannot continue to spend money in places where we are doing the same thing, chasing our tail and not getting it right. I have got to tell you when i go back to my Hispanic Community in my district they played this of brand over on television, they said to me thank you for not being afraid to stand up and voting and telling people why you are voting that way. When i look at my colleagues that way, i see strong women who are willing to stand up. With a we like what is going on in some each is or not, have to continue to focus especially in this election. [applause] ask the audience questions, and i know we have mic on both sides, the question of is there. If you can say your name. The question . I am from miami and worked in miami dade public schools, the American Federation of teachers. I met a lobbyist ones who said dont give me complaints, give me a solution. I wrote it down. People doing research and finding how to reach the group during the season of football and soccer how come it is when it comes to politics we do not have people doing research and how to reach the committees and those demographic areas. I do know that it costs money to do that but there the universities and there are students looking for dissertation papers. And in regards to women, i love men but behind every successful and strong man there is an Even Stronger one. Happy life, happy wife. I will tell you is that. I dont sit in education but i can tell you it is for most that you are approaching universities and find out how you can get from the state of the fed to do dissertations research, my colleague who sits in education will be able to answer because he has been instrumental in raising funds for the hispanic institutions in Higher Education. We need to convince the education at the state level that they need to be able to allow more research and funding of the what would i say . Could deserving decision, latinos had in the United States for about this country that is not recognized, some of that research in Health Services or education or business. I dont know how else we can help but pick up at the end. The optimism in this group is fantastic. I know nothing i say diminishes that. I wouldnt be here without that optimism and enthusiasm and i was walking in and heard my colleague linda say it takes a woman to ask another one. I would not be as a freshman in a leadership position in the hispanic caucus, if a woman hadnt asked me if i was willing to do that. We can show you how that works internally and externally. You are exactly right. There are bodies of evidence and out range, what would get to these voters. Dont minimize what it costs to do that. We are minimizing, looking at this strategically. If all you see on National News is a polarization of issues nationally and locally, it really hits apathy at its core and grows apathy and grows disappointment and those of the two reasons because they dont see any tangible evidence of a quality of life opportunity. We have to figure out a way to counteract those efforts. It is something we ought to talk about how we shape, how we engage and maybe there is an opportunity for the growth of a private Public Partnership here to do that. And to your point about doing it now. We dont wheat four years for now and say we are back at this very conference, we have to invest in a new strategy and see tangible results in 2018 and moving forward but we have that evidence. We just dont execute it. A brief reaction. I would say every night, and what to work with. Come and talk to us. The integration i am going to reach challenge you because the media is focusing on just the polarization and we cant give you lots of examples where we moved on that. As a freshman i need to say as a freshman theres not a Single Member of this panel who would say this is the promised time for them by any stretch of the imagination. We never talk about when we are getting along, what women did to shaped the 113th congress, major pieces of legislation finally did get through. Stopping an ideological government shut down was monumental by both parties. That doesnt get delivered in a message that promotes participation. We deliver this message is, and minimize, the press let me add to your ears because i have yet to have press call me on issues that are important like mental health. Have to call me on transportation. We are there, we are available. And reached hot to tell us what we do in this committee. There is all locked out there. And this is something i thought of in my city is. And in the west coast, how many of you knows that. And negative things. And focused on National Pieces of legislation. And schedule bills for the congress. And Immigration Reform . And thats scheduled vote on a core and everyone of us, for the local community that we are able to do, not in a National Peace of legislation because little is coming to the 4 for a vote but through sheer effort and determination to make our community better. We had little success in helping cities achieve certain goals whether it is through helping Grant Funding and putting together pieces of Public Private partnership to make it happen. We all have success stories. We all have that. I get calls all the time because i do war on terror. That is the reality. And when we opened up the Senior Center theres a drive in california, not in my district because we have a natural aquifer, we put in over the last the teen years a factory that cleans our water three different ways, inject it back in and drinking the same water as three years ago. It is the total recycled program. Does somebody come out and sam oh my god, why did you do this . How did you do this . Is they want to know are we going to go after Vladimir Putin . We want to know about the war on terror. That is the reality. The National Agenda too. Another question over here. I am a Kindergarten Teacher with the california teachers association. I love kindergarten. My question is in regards to education, in regards to a family dominated by women and one thing that is happening in the next five to 10 years is we have a huge shortage of teachers, the state is doing what they can but at the National Level what can we do to he will be a crisis not just in california but all of is the nation. What can we do to really get ahead of this . We are already behind it. Secondly, in regards to the latinas and representation, one thing i found out is latinos will follow latinas, how do we get into follow . Beautiful latinas into the workforce or Education Field or universities . It is a two part. And the rest of my colleagues. You even mentioned that. The women up here. The generous and kind one. Going back to the question as i understood it, i a thing that is an example when you talk about education is an example of why it is so critical to vote, for our community to vote and for teachers to vote. Let me tell you what i am talking about. Whether we like it or not everything happens in the political arena. Is no accident one of the last things any member of Congress Wants to do is to cut Social Security or medicare. Seniors vote. Why is it so easy to cut money for education . Why is it that we fight every single year to stop the elimination of the program . Because students dont vote and to a large degree the same thing happens with teachers. I cant tell you how many teachers have said to me we are not politicians, we cant get involved in politics. I am here to say you cant afford not to get involved in politics and you have to nurse [applause] you have to look at who is in office and look at their voting record. For get the kagan democrat or republican or tea party or whatever, look at that voting record. I have a teacher come at me because i am on the labour h h as subcommittee and Homeland Security subcommittee. I had a teacher come to me to lobby on behalf of increased funding for education and it was the battle we have in our committee to try to at least keep what we had. As she leaves, she says to me, i guess, full disclosure here, i only vote republican. Talk about increasing money, it was her vote that put into power at the very party that was cutting education. You cant have it both ways so we have to have educated voter base, we have to participate, we have to participate and that is how if education, teachers, parents voted, believe me, one of the last things any elected official wants to do is cut education money. One thing. Talking into the microphone. That way we want to hear you. You will never see any elected official stand up and say this is not truethey hate education but there are those that want to eliminate the department of education been very where lee will use the elected Officials Say they want to cut education or Education Needs to be cut. They will always talk about how there for education and for opportunities but the measure of your b s meter, look and see how they vote. If they put their money where their mouth is, if there for education and vote for the funding they are legitimate. [applause] if they stand up and say they believe in education and are for education and education is great and the other time when you are not watching them theyre voting against it they are not your friends. We have a saying in washington that i love to repeat. You dont have a seat at the table chances are you are on the menu. Cable car fewer and serve you to everybody so you have to have a seat at the table and the way you do that is through your voice. Your voice is your vote. To be shameless, we have a whole bunch of new mexico educators here in the audience. And back there, earlier education, Elementary Education all the way to Higher Education represented here, we are showing up in droves and after dep election, hoping that it is enough but it wont be for lack of effort. Those elected governors and legislators, we talk about education is our number one priority where if you look at funding, that is clearly not the case in the federal budget. We need to the same stuff we did in the Affordable Care act. If we dont do Work Force Development that brings respect back to educators by paying back a reasonable, meaningful way we arent investing. We had the evidence that shows those investments were returned to us. We dont get it done. I appreciate you brought back that question because that has got to be a shift in all the policiesmakers. That is the number1 issue. Early childhood education. You are right on. One of the things i was going to let the gentleman know and the media that this year note, and the beauty of teachers that they are our second parents so we need to recognize them and measure to what they deliver to our children. How do you do that . To convince your state to put more money in the education fun you have to convince the local school board to put the funding in salary increases to the merit basin that teachers education ability or ability to agent kate. I was told from infancy that you lose everything you can, holes, wealth, france, holdings, everything accept your education so why are we not they need to strengthen questioning their teachers, we need male model teachers. We need that. How do we do that . Media, Public Service announcement, show the value of teaching, you are for leadership of tomorrow and paid them equally. Lets do one more question. Thank you some much for being here. Let me say it is refreshing to have you here and see you speak passionately. It really is refreshing. My name is mary ann and i am a master of Student Health at George Washington university. My question is yesterday i was in class. When he issues that came up was team pregnancy, how it is such a higher rate among our communities and one of the reasons implied or at least by the speaker that was present was our Hispanic Community, young teenagers dont have ambitions or goals. That sort of implied ambitious angels. So ims as mad as you can be a concern that back, where i they getting the stories, where are we failing that people are assuming our community, that is how they are defining hour each use . Jumping in before i came to congress, secretary of health in new mexico, and i am going to ask you to push back to ever talk to that class because i like to see the evidence that suggests hispanic young women lack ambitions and goals. I think that is outrageous. May be a member of congress would like to see that report. Let me tell you something, hold on. I yield, thank you, young lady. I have never seen a First Grade Class where the teacher comes in a