House Proceeding 07-22-08 on Jul 22nd, 2008 :: 3:19:13 to 3:22:15
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Speech By: Stephanie Tubbs Jones

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Stephanie Tubbs Jones: reality for all of our youth. gear up addresses the key factors necessary to successfully navigate the college process. the aspiration to go to college, the academic preparation, understanding the admissions

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Brian Higgins: and financial aid processes and having the financial resources to pay for college. gear up mobilizes the community to address these factors by using federal resources to leverage state, local

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Speech By: Brian Higgins

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Brian Higgins: and private sector resources. gear up offers a simple but very powerful bargain. it tells students and families, if you stay in school and take the challenging classes, our community will

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Brian Higgins: guarantee that you have the financial aid and support you need to go to college. we have seen the power of this new bargain in south texas. with our first generation of gear up partnerships

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Brian Higgins: we have seen high school graduation rates and college preparedness soar. we have seen unprecedented growth in our college enrollment. we are fortunate to have a second generation of gear up programs

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Brian Higgins: in south texas. between the region one education service center and the university of texas-pan american, gear up project, we will reach over 17,000 students and their families over 95% hispanic,

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Brian Higgins: nearly all economically disadvantaged and the first generation to go to college. through gear up, these students and families not only know that college is possible but they also will know

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Brian Higgins: how to make it a reality. forever changing the aspirations and expectations of our region. today i had the tremendous honor of hosting a gear up delegation on more than 100 parents, students

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Brian Higgins: and staff from region one and the university of texas at pan american, and i would like to congratulate them for representing our area so well at the national gear up gathering going on in

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Brian Higgins: washington. i tell them the chaka fattah story and how he introduced it and how i heard the story and told him that i am passionate about education and told him this is the best thing that's come

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Brian Higgins: out since slice bread, i told chaka. and i went and i worked hard to get the numbers that we needed to pass it. may have just 30 more second mr. higgins: 30 seconds. the speaker pro tempore:

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Brian Higgins: the gentleman is recognized. mr. hinojosa: i would say that chaka is absolutely to be known here in washington and in congress for the great work that he did in making gear up the success story

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Brian Higgins: that it is. i urge my colleagues toy support this resolution, and more importantly to support the expansion of the gear up program in their districts and across the nation. thank you and

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Brian Higgins: i yield back the time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from virginia. v mr. davis: i continue to reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pr o tempore: the he gentleman from new

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Brian Higgins: york. >> i yield two minutes to the gentleman from illinois, danny davis. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for two minutes. mr. davis: i rise in strong support of h.r. 1311

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Tom Davis: and i want to commend my colleague from pennsylvania, representative chaka fattah for his introduction of this legislation and i also want to commend my colleague on the education committee

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Speech By: Tom Davis