[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 69 (Monday, April 29, 2019)]
[House]
[Page H3296]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




            RECOGNIZING NATIONAL INTERNSHIP AWARENESS MONTH

  (Ms. FOXX of North Carolina asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute.)
  Ms. FOXX of North Carolina. Mr. Speaker, April is National Internship 
Awareness Month, and I rise to highlight the wonderful educational 
opportunities internships provide.
  They promote experiential learning that helps people make career 
choices amid a wide range of potential professional tracks. Employers 
increasingly prefer to hire people with relevant work experience, and 
internships are a great way to gain this asset.
  Congress mirrors this trend and financial means should not be a 
limiting factor in one's participation in a congressional internship. 
That is why I, in past years, set aside part of my annual office budget 
to offer paid internships, and I am pleased that appropriations passed 
into law last year provide funding for all House offices to do the 
same.
  I encourage more employers to consider offering internships, and I 
encourage people to explore those opportunities in Congress and all 
fields to help them inform their career paths.

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