[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 19 (Thursday, February 13, 1997)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E254]
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                      IN SUPPORT OF TRIO PROGRAMS

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                         HON. EARL F. HILLIARD

                               of alabama

                    in the house of representatives

                      Thursday, February 13, 1997

  Mr. HILLIARD. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in support of one of the best 
educational and welfare reform tools available today in the United 
States, our TRIO programs. The TRIO program is designed to identify 
students in need and provide them with information on academics; 
financial aid; tutoring support; and other needed services so they may 
have a chance to enter and graduate from a postsecondary institution. I 
can think of no better use of our precious fiscal resources than 
providing someone with the tools to earn their own way in this world.
  I also wish to applaud the efforts of the TRIO program at Stillman 
College in Tuscaloosa, AL. Under the direction of Stillman's president, 
Dr. Cordell Wynn, and the director of their TRIO program, Mr. Vernon 
Freeman, I feel we have one of the more forward reaching programs in 
the country. In closing, I wish to offer a special commendation to the 
parents of our TRIO students for the encouragement, participation and 
love which they have shown to their children. For after all, one of the 
greatest legacies which we may leave our children, is a sound education 
in which they may build their future.

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