Joe Garcia
Joe Garcia
José Antonio Garcia, Jr., known as Joe Garcia, is the former U.S Representative for Florida's 26th congressional district; he was defeated in his 2014 bid for re-election and left office on January 3, 2015. The district includes most of western Miami-Dade County, as well as the Florida Keys. He is a member of the Democratic Party. He is the former executive director of the Cuban American National Foundation and was nominated by President Barack Obama to be director of the...
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This is the message we need to get out about Cuba.
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Methamphetamine is a poison taking Indian lives, destroying Indian families and razing entire communities. The remedy begins with more resources.
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Our child is being raised as a proxy, ... but we hope some day to get the proxy back through negotiations. And in public life, the longer you're in, the poorer you are.
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We are concerned that this year?s proposed budget by the administration reduces effective funding for tribal priorities.
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Those injuries kind of hurt us. But we have to go with what we have got. I think we are ready.
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Tribes have proven time and again that we are a good federal investment. Through the exercise of our inherent self-governing powers, tribes are able to contract and compact federal programs for the benefit of both Indian and surrounding communities.
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They definitely have some skill players. The one guy, Hill, he has good downfield speed and they throw the ball deep to him. As a team, skill-wise, they can make plays. You just have to make plays against them. Idaho had their chances and just messed up a couple times. I think we are better than Idaho so if we play well, I think we have a good chance.
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What we also saw today was that some of the kids who have been struggling offensively are starting to come around. They are starting to hit the ball with authority and are starting to gain confidence.
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What can you say? It's been a historical winter that wasn't.
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This was certainly not a worthwhile battle. What do you gain - that a few ballplayers can't play ball? This was a silly resistance and just not worth it.
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We want Congress to either put a stop to these unreasonable burdens on the tribes or settle the litigation.
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We will not play that. We just feel that we're doing enough, reporting being involved. You know, we've gone to our extent on how we're going to help out the community.
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Things are looking good for tomorrow. We only have seven schools right now that are still without power. At least one of them we know will be back up by noon, and our plan is to have generators for the other six. The only remaining issue is the traffic safety issue. The county is telling us there is still some 430 traffic signals out and another 40 or so that are flashing.
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The National Congress of American Indians strongly believes that it is time for Congress to move forward with a fair settlement.