October 22, 2019 - Issue: Vol. 165, No. 167 — Daily Edition116th Congress (2019 - 2020) - 1st Session

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From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    PRAISING THE BLACK STUDENT FUND

  (Mr. PAYNE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. PAYNE. Madam Speaker, I would like to celebrate an organization 
right here in Washington, D.C., that fights every day to increase the 
academic achievements of local African American students, the Black 
Student Fund.
  The fund has provided educational assistance and resources to 
promising Black students since 1964.
  Officials work with students from pre-K to 12th grade to keep their 
grades up, graduate high school, and go on to college. Many of these 
students are the first in their families to go to college, and 70 
percent of them are from single-parent households.
  The benefits of a quality education to students and their communities 
are too numerous to mention in 1 minute. That is why we need more 
organizations like the Black Student Fund to keep more of our youth out 
of trouble and in the classrooms where they belong.

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