>> mejorana. >> hinojosa: mejorana. mejorana. >> yes. >> hinojosa: and it's a kind of blues? >> it's... i call it our panamanian blues. and it has roots, of course, spanish roots, as a lot of the music of lin america this is a wonderful experiment, because it deals with folk material, connecting with folk material from the north. like you have folk music where the blues come from, and folk music from latin america, folk music from south america. so this is the idea of pan-american jazz, actually-- connecting the whole americas to one sound. >> hinojosa: so you've named this. you call it pan-american jazz? >> well, it's a movement, i think. it's movent at started in the 20th century with a lot of people doing it. you know, i learned a lot from paquito, for example. he really... >> hinojosa: paquito d'rivera. >> yes, paquito d'rivera, great cuban saxophonist. he introduced me to a lot of music, playing venezuelan waltzes, playing old contradances. and the desire... a lot of the desire to combine folkloric material with traditional rhythms, with latin american song forms, with j

i'm maria hinojosa, this is one on one. julian zugazagoitia, nice to have you here as the director of el museo del barrio, from new york city. >> thank you for your invitation. >> hinojosa: so you are born in mexico city, then you spend about 20 years living in europe, and then in 1999, you come to new york to work at the guggenheim, and then you're named to head up this museum called el museo del barrio. >> correct. >> hinoja: so el meo del barrio started kind of as a puerto rican institution, very grass roots, very community-based... >> correct. >> hinojosa: ...and it's had to change its mission. >> we've had to more than change it. we have amplified its mission, so over the course of the last 40 years-- and it's... we're celebrating our 40th anniversary with a big expansion of el museo, a big renovation of el museo. and over the 40 years, what has changed is also the profile of the us as perhaps the most diverse latino country. >> hinojosa: becse basically, 40 years ago, el barrio, spanish harlem, was predominantly-- it

i'm maria hinojosa. this is one on one. your majestyueenoor, what an honor to have you here. >> oh, i'm delighted. thank you. >> hinojosa: there's something quite beautiful. you know, most people now, when i was telling people that i was going to interview you, and i'd say, "i'm interviewing queen noor," they'd say, "oh, we love here, we love queen noor," this feeling of love. but people around the world know you as queen noor. >> mm-hmm. >> hinojosa: they don't know you as lisa halaby, the woman who you were. you were growing up as an american girl, and i think one of the things that people are fascinated by about you is the fact that you actually... you could make this decision to say, "i was lisa... i am, or was lisa haby, an american girl, but i could also be this, i could also be royalty of someplace else." this ability to basically say, "i could be someone else," change your identity, is really quite extraordinary. >> well, first of all, it was my husband who changed the identity in the way you described it, with a ti

hinojosa, the senior democrat on the higher education subcommittee. the chair: the gentleman from texas is recognized for three minutes. mr. hinojosa: madam chair, i rise today to express my opposition to h.r. 2117, the protecting academic freedom in higher education act. misguided legislation that repeals efforts to protect students and taxpayers' investment in higher education. every year the federal government spends billions of dollars on student financial aid and we must account for these federal investments. as ranking member of the subcommittee on higher education and work force training i am deeply concerned that h.r. 2117 would undermine the secretary of education's ability to oversee and safeguard our federal investment in higher ed. in my view strong regulations strengthen the accountability and reveal of institutions of higher education that participate in federal student aid programs and help to maintain program integrity. in a globally competitive world, our students deserve to get what they paid for, high quality educational programs th

, en particular aquÍ en mÉxico, pero este oficio no ha sido mÁs que un retorno exitoso para ella hinojosamÉrica, y ademÁs a recibirÁs una transformaciÓn de sammy para brillar en grande, anÍmate! los igualitos de las estrellas, aquÍ en despierta amÉrica, a participar se ha dicho! >> oye, no le han dicho que se parece a alguien? [risas] >> prepÁrenlo en ensalada. >> a quiÉn me parezco? >> no sÉ. quÉ le dicen en la calle? >> me gritan mucho. >> ese peinado estÁ interesante. >> otros no tienen que esforzarse mucho. >> oye, quÉ rico que estÁs con nosotros, porque esta historia te va a gustar. soy la gaviota, traen hasta murciÉlagos colgando. >> quÉ bien me cayÓ esa mujer del microbÚs, me encantÓ y amable con la gente! >> pero le cuento, Ésto le va a gustar, mire, reuslta que en oklahoma hicieron una campaÑa para concientizar por el cuidado de los animales, y crearon esta nueva iniciativa que consiste en que la gente deje de comer bÁsicamente carne animal estÁ tratando de que la gente se convierta en vegetariana, lo que tratan es de decir que las personas vegetarianas son mejores amantes. >> co

hinojosa. >> thank you chairman. i am pleased to see such a distinguished first panel of governors here for our committee discussion on job creation. today, i want to urge my colleagues to work in a bipartisan manner on a jobs agenda that creates jobs at home, educate our young adults and reignites the american dream. i certainly support this last discussion you had on supporting the federal investment bank and community colleges. as you know u.s. congress has not reauthorized -- which we passed in 1998. i think that is shameful. governor malloy in your testimony you urged us to reauthorize it. this is question as to governor malloy. what are your top three priorities that we and congress should look at to reform we and improve the job training program for the next five years? >> it's an important program that connecticut has used quite effectively so i'm not here to criticize the program. what i'm saying is we have done the right thing. we have used the dollars to train and continue to train folks to take positions

hinojosa. >> thank you chairman. i am pleased to see such a distinguished first panel of governors here for our committee discussion on job creation. today, i want to urge my colleagues to work in a bipartisan manner on a jobs agenda that creates jobs at home, educate our young adults and reignites the american dream. i certainly support this last discussion you had on supporting the federal investment bank and community colleges. as you know u.s. congress has not reauthorized -- which we passed in 1998. i think that is shameful. governor malloy in your testimony you urged us to reauthorize it. this is question as to governor malloy. what are your top three priorities that we and congress should look at to reform we and improve the job training program for the next five years? >> it's an important program that connecticut has used quite effectively so i'm not here to criticize the program. what i'm saying is we have done the right thing. we have used the dollars to train and continue to train folks to take positions