[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 17]
[House]
[Page 22691]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                                ECONOMY

  (Mr. MURPHY of New York asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute.)
  Mr. MURPHY of New York. Madam Speaker, I stand today to point to 
upstate New York's leadership and significant accomplishments in 
partnering education and 21st-century job creation.
  This week, the hard work of the capital region's higher education 
institutions and businesses were highlighted when President Barack 
Obama lauded Hudson Valley Community College's great work in preparing 
young professionals and training leaders for the 21st-century economy.
  The President spoke about the vital importance of education and about 
the role community colleges will play in reviving our economy and in 
preparing a workforce for the future.
  I have spent my entire career working to create jobs and high-tech 
businesses across upstate New York. One of the keys to preparing our 
economy for success is having a well-educated workforce.
  This week, we heard the President lay out three building blocks for 
innovation: Education, infrastructure and research. This is exactly 
what we have been working on and developing in upstate New York, and it 
is what has made our region a leader in the innovation economy.
  As our economy becomes more knowledge-based, the continued leadership 
of our colleges and universities will be ever more important. Twenty-
first century jobs will require increasingly knowledgable workers in 
the innovative programs, and our Nation's fine higher education 
institutions are a key to them.

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