Today, I ask you for the opportunity of a life time...Since an early age, I have tried to find out all I can about our democracy and how our government works. How are they responding to our issues, our aspirations, and our voice? I am not embarrassed to say that I am a proud Latino, a proud Republican, and a proud American. I am the son of Latin American immigrants from Bolivia and Colombia. I am a first generation Latino American and the first in my family to go to college. I am who I am because of the American dream. I’ve had the great opportunity to meet and briefly converse with some of our nation’s highest ranking American elected officials both Democrat and Republican. Now we must turn the table, we must ask them the questions. We know better than they do our lives and the issues affecting our communities. How will the Republican Party respond to the War in Iraq, future U.S. foreign relations, the economy, education, the environment, immigration, healthcare, and social security?