[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 13]
[House]
[Page 18620]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




              IN SUPPORT OF THE COLLEGE COST REDUCTION ACT

  (Ms. LEE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Ms. LEE. Mr. Speaker, earlier today we passed the College Cost 
Reduction Act of 2007, and I just want to take a minute to thank 
Congressman George Miller for his tremendous leadership in achieving 
bipartisan support for a bill that will have a positive and lasting 
impact on the future of education in our Nation.
  We raised the maximum Pell Grant, reaching $5,200 by 2011. In my home 
State of California, this will benefit over 645,000 students.
  Another important part of this bill is the increase to the Upward 
Bound program, effective for the current fiscal year, allowing several 
program sites that had to shut their doors a few weeks ago to reopen, 
including one in my district.
  This bill also makes landmark investments in our Historically Black 
Colleges and Universities, our Hispanic-serving institutions, and will 
raise the number of students obtaining degrees in science, technology 
and math, and increase the capacity of these institutions to teach in 
these fields.
  Today's vote was a vote for the future of our children and for the 
future of our Nation.

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