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Welcome. Orning and the subcommittee on Higher Education and workforce investment will come to order. We are happy you are here. I know a quorum is present. I want to ask can sense they be permitted to participate in todays hearing with the understanding your questions will come after all members have completed their questions. The committee is eating to hear testimony on engines of economic mobility. The Critical Role of Community Colleges, historically lacked minorities serving and institutions preparing students for success. ,ursuant to Committee Rules Opening Statements are limited to the chair in the Ranking Member and this allows us to hear from our witnesses sooner and provide all members with adequate time to ask questions. I recognize myself now for the purpose of making an opening statement. We will examine the Critical Role of historically black colleges and universities, Tribal Colleges and universities, and committee colleges in providing low income students and students o
Good morning and welcome, everyone. Good morning and welcome, everyone. The subcommittee on Higher Education and workforce investment will come to order. Were happy that youre here. I know that a kwoerm is president and i want to ask that unanimous kent that miss haze of pennsylvania be able to participate with understand that their question also come after all committee hems. We are hearing testimony on engines of economic mobility, the Critical Role of Community Colleges, historically black colleges and universities and minorityserving institutions in preparing students for success. Pursuant to Committee Rules 7 c Opening Statements are limited to the chair and Ranking Member and this allows us to hear from our witnesses sooner and provides all members with adequate time to ask questions. I recognize myself now for the purpose of making an opening statement. Today we will examine the Critical Role of historically black colleges and universities hbcus. Hispanic serving institutions an
For some context why that is, back in 2021 i wrote the initial draft proclamation that designating august as transgender History Month. I was inspired by the cafeteria riots on an august 9 in 1966. We dont know exactly what day it happened but we do know that it happened in august. I asked myself, why is it that we dont know what day it happened . It is monumental history. Why dont we know . The sad reality of it is that this monumental occurrence was so major and unlike anything that had ever occurred before at that scale in the United States , that an effort to eliminate it from records and existence ensued. It persisted. And because of it, watershed moments in the lbgtq Civil Rights Movement followed. Such as the stonewall riots of 1969. So, the idea transgender History Month began to take shape via this train of thought. I thought about black History Month and womens History Month. Now national low recognized months. And the essential education and awareness that they bring to the
Designating august as transgender History Month. I was inspired by the cafeteria riots on an august 9 in 1966. We dont know exactly what day it happened but we do know that it happened in august. I asked myself, why is it that we dont know what day it happened . It is monumental history. Why dont we know . The sad reality of it is that this monumental occurrence was so major and unlike anything that had ever occurred before at that scale in the United States , that an effort to eliminate it from records and existence ensued. It persisted. And because of it, watershed moments in the lbgtq Civil Rights Movement followed. Such as the stonewall riots of 1969. So, the idea transgender History Month began to take shape via this train of thought. I thought about black History Month and womens History Month. Now national low recognized months. And the essential education and awareness that they bring to the general masses every year. That knowledge is critical in bringing awareness and underst