07/27/2011
https://www.congress.gov...
"I have got a bill that would require the Coast Guard to partner with institutions such as the historically black community colleges and universities in order to increase diversity in the enlisted rank..."
"the Coast Guard Academy actually leads all of the federally sanctioned service academies in terms of diversity."
"It is a way for a subset of a high school to do better than their peers, to graduate at a higher rate, to make better grades, and to do better upon graduation."
"But an infrastructure bill that addressed this type of hard asset construction would be a godsend."