[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 131 (Tuesday, July 27, 2021)]
[House]
[Page H3914]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




     TWENTY YEARS OF THE CLINTON FOUNDATION HEADQUARTERS IN HARLEM

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Chair recognizes the gentleman from New 
York (Mr. Espaillat) for 5 minutes.
  Mr. ESPAILLAT. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor the 20-year 
anniversary of the Clinton Foundation opening its headquarters in 
Harlem, USA. For the past two decades, the Clinton Foundation has been 
at the heart of the Harlem community, empowering local businesses and 
working to improve the neighborhood. This is, as you know, Mr. Speaker, 
an iconic neighborhood in the United States, and it is the center of 
the African diaspora in the United States, if not the world.
  Throughout their time in Harlem, the Clinton Foundation has helped 
facilitate the microfinancing of 136,000 low-income women 
entrepreneurs. It has created sustainable models to help foster 
entrepreneurship, and it has undertaken critical projects to address 
inequalities in this community.
  From 2002 to 2013, the foundation operated the Clinton Economic 
Opportunity Initiative, offering technical and managerial support to 
local entrepreneurs. However, the work did not stop at the boundaries 
of Harlem. In fact, in 2013, the foundation expanded their mission of 
unlocking opportunity and addressing inequality across our country and 
the world.
  Due to the extraordinary work of the foundation, 430 million people 
in more than 180 countries have benefited from the Clinton Global 
Initiative. Twenty-one million people now have access to lifesaving 
HIV/AIDS medications, 1.2 million children's books have been 
distributed to under-resourced communities across the world, and 71 
megawatts of clean energy projects have been facilitated in small 
island nations.
  In the face of the pandemic, the Clinton Global Initiative also 
launched Action Network which brings together leaders from business, 
government, and philanthropic sectors to take action and address 
inequalities facing historically excluded groups.
  Now, as we look to the challenges of the next 20 years, we know that 
the Clinton Foundation will continue to sharpen their focus on 
partnership building, expanding upon new horizons, and empowering more 
and more communities.
  I want to commend the Clinton Foundation on their prodigious work of 
the past 20 years and their strong presence in the village of Harlem 
and thank former President Clinton and former Secretary Clinton for 
their continued dedication to furthering humanity and prioritizing 
historically excluded and underserved communities.

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