i taught 40 years at bennett greensboro, so hbcu's my really warm through veins. but i do want to offer -- to the record an schools, hbcu's who have submitted letters of passage of this bill. e have -- i have some other documents that i also want to from into the record umcf, uncf. williams, from t.m.c. let me -- the speaker pro tempore: without objection. ms. adams: thank you. et me just say before i close -- and mr. budd mentioned a couple of those statistics schools. our schools, hbcu's confer 40% stem degrees, 60% of all engineering degrees. we educate 50% of teachers and an 40% of african-american health professionals. 70% of uce african-american dentists and physicians. and i could go on and on. yes, there is a serious economic impact, about $15 billion, $14.8 billion to be specific. we are now slouching. hbcu's are doing a lot with a little. still don't receive equitable willng, but this certainly help, not only the colleges and niversities, the m.s.i.'s, but it's also going to help our students, first-generation i was, who had the privilege of going on and