“This is a great honor and I look forward to serving the CHC in this new capacity,” Congressman Hinojosa said. “We face difficult times ahead but also tremendous opportunities. I am confident that together with the support of the new administration, we will be able to make a measurable difference in the lives of Hispanic families across the nation.”
Serving in his seventh term, Congressman Hinojosa has led the CHC’s efforts to ensure that the nation’s federal education policy never loses sight of its youngest and fastest growing population. As the former chairman of the CHC’s Education Task Force, Congressman Hinojosa focused on a group of federal education programs critical to the Hispanic community, often referred to as the Hispanic Education Action Plan (HEAP), and helped to secure dramatic increases in resources that target Hispanic communities. This Congress, the congressman will chair the Commerce/International Relations taskforce.
Hinojosa also serves as the chairman of the House Subcommittee on Higher Education, Lifelong Learning, and Competitiveness. As chair, he helped guide into law the historic College Cost Reduction and Access Act, which represents the single largest increase in student financial aid since the GI Bill.
Hinojosa has also succeeded in vaulting Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSIs) to a position of prominence in higher education. In the 1998 amendments to the Higher Education Act, he succeeded in establishing a separate title of the Act dedicated to the development of HSIs. As chairman in 2008, Hinojosa successfully included in the Higher Education Opportunity Act a provision that established the first-ever program for graduate degrees at HSIs.
Since its founding in December 1976, the CHC has been dedicated to advancing issues affecting Hispanics in the United States and Puerto Rico through the legislative process. In addition to its substantial legislative role, the CHC also monitors executive and judicial issues.
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