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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The indigenous nations living near and adjacent to the present-day borders are the first to feel the impacts upon their territory from those who seek to do us harm. Whether the threats are drug-smuggling, which place the health and well-being of our children at risk, or terrorist activities which can cause great harm to the cultural social and economic viability of tribal communities, we will gather to share our thoughts on this important topic and seek solutions.
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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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I had no clue what I was doing. I saw the signs around campus and thought it sounded cool. I wanted to do something good for other people.
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But it marks, to some degree, a failure on our part to communicate the message,
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He finds it very offensive, given his experiences living in Cuba, and so he's asked us to reconsider having it on the shelves in one of our elementary schools.
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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 are concerned that this year?s proposed budget by the administration reduces effective funding for tribal priorities.
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We look forward, ... to when Fidel Castro's birthday gives way to the possibility of celebrating democracy in Cuba.