04/29/2019
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"A significant piece of legislation I introduced in this Congress, H.R. 3294, the IGNITE HBCU Excellence Act, which really has support from conservative Senators to progressive Democrats."
"I extend my support to Representative Adams' plan to help our institutions secure full state matching funds."
"We have significant challenges related to deferred maintenance, somewhere upwards--about $40 million that we need to sort of get caught up."
"This legislation would make the sort of investments in these institutions to rectify over a century of systemic neglect."