Political Quotes

“I thank the gentleman for the time, and I also want to thank Ambassador Watson for her comments on this wonderful institution. {time} 1510 Madam Speaker, as a former Florida certified teacher, as a former educator and as an alum of Miami Dade College, I am so proud to be here on the floor, congratulating Miami Dade College on its 50th anniversary. I am proud to say that my father and my brother are also graduates of this fine institution. I am infinitely grateful for the education that I received from the excellent professors at Miami Dade College, and I am sure that I would not be in the same position here tonight were it not for this excellent education. Miami Dade College has been an essential part of South Florida for so many years--for 50 years since it was first established in 1960. By 1967, Madam Speaker, the college had become the largest institution of higher education in the State of Florida. It built upon this foundation, and it is now the largest institution of higher education in the United States, serving nearly 170,000 students every year. That is just phenomenal. It has enrolled more than 2 million students to date, and it employs more than 6,000 faculty and staff. Half of the students have been the first in their families to attend college. Madam Speaker, you can imagine how proud those family members are at every graduation that they can say that someone from their family has graduated college.…”