Education and Youth

Ortiz nominated a number of young South Texans to the various United States military service academies.

Ortiz held his annual “Military Service Day” in Corpus Christi and Harlingen.

Ortiz held the 21st annual Congressional Arts Contest for South Texas high school students.

Ortiz encouraged student borrowers to consolidate loans to save thousands of dollars over the life of their loans due to new low interest rates when federal student loan interest rates dropped to a historic low of about 3.5 percent.