[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 48 (Thursday, March 17, 2022)]
[House]
[Page H3780]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    CAREER AND TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Chair recognizes the gentleman from 
Illinois (Mr. Krishnamoorthi) for 5 minutes.
  Mr. KRISHNAMOORTHI. Madam Speaker, as the coauthor of the bipartisan 
Strengthening Career and Technical Education in the 21st Century Act--
the largest reform of skills-based education in more than a dozen 
years--I rise today to celebrate one institution that has become a 
national exemplar.
  I am honored to join Congressman August Pfluger from Texas in 
recognizing Dr. Gregory Williams at Odessa College. Odessa College has 
been named a top-10 community college by the Aspen Institute. Dr. 
Williams has seen both enrollment as well as students with passing 
grades increase year after year.
  When we reformed CTE in 2018 and increased Federal funding by over 10 
percent, we did so with educators like Dr. Williams in mind.
  I commend Dr. Williams and Odessa College for their tremendous 
success. I will continue fighting for robust funding for skills-based 
and vocational education funding so that programs like Odessa's can 
flourish in my State of Illinois as well as across the country.

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