House Proceeding 03-18-09 on Mar 18th, 2009 :: 1:11:05 to 1:14:30
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Baron Hill: and for hi bipartisanship, it's very much appreciated. i'm pleased to yie to the chairman for the subcommittee on higher education, mr. hinojosa, three minutes. the chair: the geneman is recognized for three minutes. mr. hinojosa: thank you for giving me some time. mr. speaker, i rise in strong

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Speech By: Baron Hill

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Baron Hill: support of the manager's amendment and the underlying bill, the give act, h r. 1388. this legislation re-authorizes and strengthens our national service programs. i would like to thank my good friend, carolyn mccarthy, chairwoman of the healthy families and community

1:11:44 to 1:12:04( Edit History Discussion )

Baron Hill: subcommittee, as well as congressmanned to platts, the ranking member, chairman miller and ranking member mckeon for their bipartisan work on this fine legislation. the spirit of service runs strong in our nation. many americans, young and old, rich and poor, look for ways to

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Baron Hill: give back to their communities and the nation. during difficult times such as those we are facing today, we need to enable more people to answer the call to serve. i'm proud to have served on our hospital board in weslaco for

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Baron Hill: 10 years. another great board where i served from 1984 to 1994 was the boys and girls club board of directors. during those 10 years i saw the need for helping young children get involved after school and on weekends and saw how the prrams that we developed on

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Baron Hill: education and sports helped keep them out of trouble and helped raise them to be college ready. the give act is the first re-authorization of our nation service programs in 16 years and it is long overdue. with this legislation, we will set a national goal for

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Baron Hill: volunteers of 250,000 by the year 2014. it addresses a wide range of community needs, from disaster relief to health care to education, nonprofits, and housing. i am especially proud that the give act, through this manager's amendment, harnesses

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Baron Hill: the power of service to promote and strengthen financial literacy. our economic crisis has shed an unflattering light on the lack of financial and economic knowledge across the nation, especially in the communities that can least afford it. the give act will put resources and volunteers into our

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Baron Hill: communities to help turn this around. the give act will make our great tradition of service even stronger. i urge my colleagues to vote yes. with that, i thank you and i yield back. the chair: the gentl back his time. the gentleman from new jersey. mr. an truse: mr. chairman,

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Baron Hill: because we have no -- mr. andrews: mr. chairman, because we have no other speakers, we yield back our time. the chair: it is now in order to consider -- the question is on the amendment as offered and