{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.heinrich.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/heinrich-lujan-introduce-resolution-to-honor-hispanic-serving-institutions-week", "Heinrich, Luj\u00e1n Introduce Resolution to Honor Hispanic-Serving Institutions Week", "2024-09-17", "2024", "2024-09", "Democrat", "Senate", "NM", "Martin Heinrich", "H001046", "www.heinrich.senate.gov", "heinrich", "https://www.heinrich.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON \u2014 U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ben Ray Luj\u00e1n (D-N.M.) introduced a bipartisan, bicameral resolution to designate the week starting on September 9, 2024 as National Hispanic-Serving Institutions Week.\n\nHispanic-Serving Institutions (HSI) are accredited, degree-granting, public or private nonprofit institutions of higher education with 25 percent or higher total undergraduate Hispanic or Latino full-time students. There are 600 HSIs in the United States that enroll over 5.2 million Hispanic students, two-thirds of all Hispanic undergraduates, and 32.2 percent of total Pell recipients \u2014 empowering and improving communities. New Mexico is home to 24 HSIs and 3 emerging HSIs.\n\nThis resolution celebrates the vast contributions of HSIs across the country. It also highlights the important role these institutions play in educating many underserved students, helping them attain their full potential by creating opportunities and increasing access to higher education.\n\n\u201cFrom driving small business growth to leading labor movements, Hispanics and Latinos have directly shaped and grown our economy and workplaces for the better. I\u2019ve been proud to support the next generation of Hispanic and Latino leaders by expanding access to broadband, apprenticeships, business loans, health care, and higher education, especially through New Mexico\u2019s Hispanic Serving Institutions. By investing in places like the University of New Mexico, New Mexico State University, New Mexico Highlands University, and New Mexico Tech, we are supporting Latino and Hispanic students as they continue to move our country forward,\u201d said Heinrich.\n\n\u201cAs a proud alum of New Mexico Highlands University, a Hispanic-Serving Institution, I am proud to recognize the immeasurable impact that HSIs have on the lives of Hispanic students. New Mexico is home to two dozen HSIs that are creating opportunities for the next generation of leaders in New Mexico and across the nation,\u201d said Luj\u00e1n. \u201cDuring Hispanic Heritage Month, I am committed to supporting New Mexico\u2019s HSIs and the students they serve.\u201d\n\nThe resolution is led by U.S. Senators Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), chair of the Senate Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSI) Caucus, and John Cornyn (R-Texas). In the House, the resolution is led by the co-chairs of the Congressional HSI Caucus,U.S. Representatives Joaquin Castro (D-Texas), Jenniffer Gonz\u00e1lez-Col\u00f3n (R-Puerto Rico), Ra\u00fal Grijalva (D-Ariz.), and Juan Ciscomani (R-Ariz.).\n\nAlongside Heinrich and Luj\u00e1n, the resolution is cosponsored by U.S. Senators Michael Bennet (D-Colo.), Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), Cory Booker (D-N.J.), Laphonza Butler (D-Calif.), Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.), Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Bob Casey (D-Pa.), Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.), Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.), Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), John Fetterman (D-Pa.), Bill Hagerty (R-Tenn.), Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.), Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), James Lankford (R-Okla.), Jack Reed (D-R.I.), Jacky Rosen (D-Nev.), Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.), and Ron Wyden (D-Ore.).\n\nThis resolution is supported by the Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities (HACU).\n\nThe full text of the resolution is here.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-07T21:43:57Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://www.heinrich.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/heinrich-lujan-introduce-resolution-to-honor-hispanic-serving-institutions-week"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.8631189595907927, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}