Jose Serrano
Jose Serrano
José Enrique Serranois an American politician who has been a member of the United States House of Representatives since 1990. Serrano, a Democrat from New York, represents a district that is one of the smallest in the country geographically, consisting of a few miles of the heavily urbanized and populated South Bronx in New York City. His district is also one of the most densely populated and one of the few majority Hispanic districts in the country. The district was...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth24 October 1943
CountryUnited States of America
Chavez went to the poorest congressional district in the nation's richest city, and people on the street there just went crazy. A lot of people told me they were really mesmerized by him. He made quite an impression.
The issue is going to come up on the floor of the House,
If you believe Elian and his family deserve special treatment, do you also advocate giving the same status to the nearly seven million other undocumented aliens in this country?
In a country with an overabundance of food, no one should go hungry because of a lack of funds or technical and professional knowledge. We have the food, and we have the networks; we now need to support the providers.
Iraq continues to be an immense disaster, and the President has no apparent plan for getting our troops out.
The Bush Administration calls President Chavez a threat. I agree- he is a threat. A threat to poverty, illiteracy and injustice.
Elian's legacy is, in part, the fact that he brought attention through his tragedy to the relationship with Cuba, ... That door has been opened, and that's the good news. And through the door we plan to push a lot of other issues.
They killed children. They killed innocent people and destroyed poor people's houses, ... It's the world's most discredited guerrilla movement.
This is a family,' he told me. ... And he said, 'What do I have to do to prove I love my child?
It's scary -- for a family, for parents.
This is excellent. There's free alcohol and I'm having a good time.
After working with local and national anti-hunger organizations over the past few years, I came to the conclusion that it is high time to act.
Sadly, this is the same old Republican story of Robin Hood in reverse - tax cuts for the rich while programs for average and low income Americans suffer.
Do you see anything wrong with it and is there any way we can begin to approach it?