[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 109 (Tuesday, July 14, 2015)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1066]
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           HOUSTON COMMUNITY COLLEGE AND TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY

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                              HON. TED POE

                                of texas

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, July 14, 2015

  Mr. POE of Texas. Mr. Speaker, Texas A&M University has recently 
announced the new Texas A&M-Chevron Engineering Academies at two year 
colleges across Texas, including Houston Community College. This allows 
more students to receive a high quality engineering degree. The Texas 
Workforce Commission projects that by 2022 the state of Texas will need 
62,000 more engineers, and this program is one of the ways Texas is 
going to get there.
  In this program, students can complete their first two years of core 
classes at HCC and be granted full emission into Texas A&M to complete 
their major specific classes. Students will be able to learn in smaller 
environments for a fraction of the price. It combines the best from 
both schools, the atmospheres and learning setting. HCC already offers 
a wide variety of engineering majors, and now with A&Ms majors 
available to them, the possibilities for these students are endless.
  Texas A&M is one of the top engineering programs not only in the 
state of Texas, not only in the country, but the world. Much like the 
19th century British empire, the sun never sets in Aggieland, for they 
have campuses set all over the world.
  Houston Community College has 60,000 students annually and serves 
Houston as one of the top schools to earn a degree from. This 
partnership is ensuring that more students have access to a top 
engineering education and the connections they make through this will 
benefit not only them, but our future economy and industrial 
developments throughout the world.
  And that's just the way it is.

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