[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 10]
[House]
[Pages 14093-14094]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                   HISPANIC-SERVING INSTITUTIONS WEEK

  (Mr. GRIJALVA asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. GRIJALVA. Madam Speaker, during Hispanic Heritage Month, I would 
like to take the time to honor Hispanic-Serving Institutions across 
this country. These educational institutions--like in my home State 
where there are 10 of them--are institutions of higher learning, with 
enrollment of at least 25 percent of undergraduates being full-time 
Latino students.
  At a time when the population of the Latino community continues to 
grow, it is essential that we invest in education and that we support 
institutions that promote that education and provide for these students 
the opportunity and the access for them to go on and be great 
contributing members to our country.
  President Obama proclaimed the week of September 15-21 as Hispanic-
Serving Institutions Week. It is with this sentiment in mind that I 
would like to ask my colleagues to join me in recognizing the wonderful 
job these institutions do by supporting the Preservation Research at 
Institutions Serving Minorities Act. This act would effectively amend 
the National Historic Preservation Act to guarantee Hispanic-Serving 
Institutions get equal access to technical or financial assistance to 
promote professionalism and

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the preservation of our natural resources, historic buildings, and 
artifacts throughout this country. With that, let me again say thank 
you to the Hispanic-Serving Institutions.

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