U.S. Rep. Rubén Hinojosa Keeping the Focus on Access

“In rural south Texas, where unemployment and job opportunity are major issues, U.S. Rep. Rubén Hinojosa, D-Texas, has seen first hand the importance of a college education. As the new chair of the House of Representatives’ subcommittee on higher education, the six-term lawmaker says he’s ready to focus attention on issues facing low-income and minority students.

“The rising costs of college mean that the federal government must step in and help,” he says. Hinojosa says he hopes to jump start the process of renewing and strengthening the nation’s main postsecondary education statute, the Higher Education Act. Efforts at a comprehensive renewal of HEA have languished in recent years because of partisan differences and funding concerns.”

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