Madam Speaker. I rise in strong support of S. 1413. a bill to designate a staff housing facility located in Kingston. Jamaica as the Colin L. Powell Residential Plaza. The facility currently houses Department of State employees. Colin Luther Powell was born on April 5. 1937. in Harlem. New York. His parents. Jamaican immigrants to the United States. infused in their son a high work ethic and stressed the importance of education. He attended local public schools in the Bronx. and attended the City College of New York and studied geology. While at City College. Secretary Powell joined the Reserve Officers Training Corps (ROTC) and. by his own account. claimed he had found his calling.
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