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Education will fuel our economic job growth and prosperity for the future. If we do not invest in human capital and job training in this country, including education from pre-school through graduate school and lifelong learning, we place our nation’s foundation at risk. National leaders like Alan Greenspan have urged Congress to do it as soon as possible!

In 2007, Hinojosa helped pass the College Cost Reduction Act which provides the largest investment in student financial aid since the GI Bill. The bill will reduce interest rates on student loans, raise Pell grant limits and provide much-needed investments in our minority serving institutions so that more students can afford college and will enter the critical fields of science, math, engineering and technology.

There is a tremendous earning differential based on education. On average, high school graduates earn $1.2 million over a lifetime of labor; college graduates with a bachelor’s degree earn $2.1 million; those with master’s degrees, $2.5 million; doctorate degrees, $3.4 million; and professional degrees, such as law, medicine, or architecture --$4.4 million.

Hinojosa is committed to providing a powerful voice for the aspirations of communities traditionally left behind in America’s education system – low-income families, minorities, students with disabilities, English language learners, and the children of migrant and seasonal farm workers. He continues to fight for significant increases in education funding targeted at these communities and has proposed a new initiative to dramatically improve high school graduation rates.

As the new Chairman of the Higher Education, Lifelong Learning and Competitiveness Subcommittee, Hinojosa works to ensure that the education pipeline is strong enough and wide enough to ensure that no community is left behind in the knowledge-driven economy of the 21st Century.

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