Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, I rise today to highlight an incredible achievement from the high school students at North Little Rock High School who finished in first place in the SIFMA Foundation's 20th Annual Capitol Hill Challenge. This is the security industry's nationwide contest. We used to call it the stock market game many years ago. Thousands of teams from all 50 States compete in this 4-month financial education program where student teams invest a hypothetical $100,000 and learn the value and function of our capital markets and investing fundamentals through an integrated, comprehensive curriculum. Additionally, these students learn how to think critically and collaborate with their peers which, in turn, improves their own personal decisionmaking and financial literacy. The Capitol Hill Challenge allows for thousands of students across the country, particularly at underprivileged schools, to have access to exceptional financial educational programming and for those who might not even have had an opportunity to learn these important skills. These students, as well as others whose schools finish in the top 10, recently traveled to Washington, D.C., and got to meet with their Congressmen and their Senators. I congratulate the hardworking students at North Little Rock High School for this great achievement of being tops in financial literacy and in this contest. Recognizing Colonel Angela Ochoa”