Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, we have a lot to talk about tonight dealing with HBCUs, dealing with TRIO, dealing with these programs like GEAR UP, Pell Grants, jobs and job training, college workstudy. I want to invite one of our colleagues up, one of our leaders, Representative Jim Clyburn from the State of South Carolina. One of the demographics that often go overlooked in this debate is the plight of rural African-American students. Representative Clyburn, not only does he understand and empathize with the plight of the urban African- American student, but he also understands again some of the struggles that the rural African-American student faces and how their ticket out of their hometown to be able to go experience something different is education. Many of these kids, Representative Clyburn will tell you, have never had the opportunity to get far outside of their hometowns in rural America. {time} 1945 These programs give them the opportunity to do so. So I want to invite our assistant leader to come up. He is a graduate of South Carolina State University, the Bulldogs, one of our esteemed HBCUs, and again, I just appreciate his voice on this topic. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from South Carolina (Mr. Clyburn).”