[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 11]
[House]
[Page 14866]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




       NATIONAL HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES WEEK

  (Mr. WESTERMAN asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Mr. WESTERMAN. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in recognition of National 
Historically Black Colleges and Universities Week.
  More than 70 percent of students enrolled in HBCUs are low income, 
and more than half are first-generation college students. Arkansas' 
Fourth Congressional District is home to one of the Nation's premier 
HBCUs, the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff.
  While many students attending Historically Black Colleges and 
Universities like UAPB are standout students, a select few have risen 
to the top. Among them is Sidney Smith, a student from UAPB who was 
recently named an HBCU All-Star by the White House.
  I congratulate Sidney and tip my hat to all HBCUs for the work they 
are doing in communities across America. You are giving generations of 
young people a brighter future and are helping them to make America 
what they dream it to be.

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