; Whereas more than 1 in 4 public school students in the United States are Latino, and the share of Latino students is expected to rise to nearly 30 percent by 2027; Whereas 19 percent of all college students in the United States are Latino, making Latinos the second largest racial or ethnic minority group enrolled in higher education in the United States, including 2-year community colleges and 4-year colleges and universities; Whereas, between 1996 and 2016, the number of Hispanic students enrolled in schools, colleges, and universities in the United States more than doubled from 8,800,000 to 17,900,000, and Hispanics now make up 22.7 percent of the individuals enrolled in school in the United States; Whereas a record 32,000,000 Latinos will be eligible to vote in the 2020 Presidential election, representing 13.3 percent of the electorate in the United States; Whereas the number of eligible Latino voters is expected to rise to 40,000,000 by 2030, accounting for 40 percent of the growth in the eligible electorate in the United States by 2030; Whereas, each year, approximately 800,000 Latino citizens of the United States reach 18 years of age and become eligible to vote, a number that could grow to 1,000,000 per year, potentially adding 18,000,000 new Latino voters by 2032; Whereas, in 2018, the annual purchasing power of Hispanic Americans was an estimated $1,700,000,000,000, which is an amount greater than the economy of all except 17 countries in the world; Whereas there are more than 4,370,000 Hispanic-owned firms in the United States, supporting millions of employees across the United States and contributing more than $1,700,000,000 in revenue to the economy of the United States; Whereas Hispanic-owned businesses represent the fastest growing segment of small businesses in the United States, with Latino-owned businesses growing at more than 15 times the national rate