George Miller: “Members of the House, this past Friday the gentlewoman from San Francisco, CA [Ms. Pelosi] and the gentlewoman from the…”

“Members of the House, this past Friday the gentlewoman from San Francisco, CA [Ms. Pelosi] and the gentlewoman from the Palo Alto Valley south of San Francisco, CA [Ms. Eshoo] and myself held a hearing to listen to both school administrators, and parents and young people who are attending our university system, private university system, our public university system, the California State University system, and our community colleges, and who were doing so because of the availability of student loans and the interest subsidy that we provide on those student loans while young people are attending school and for a 6-month period after they graduate from school or cease to attend school before they start paying back those school loans. What we heard was a rather remarkable set of stories from young people and their parents, some young people on their own and some accompanied by their parents, telling us what their families are doing, are prepared to do and have done in the past to try and secure the opportunity of higher education, of a college education and degree, for their young people. They have made personal sacrifices in trying to obtain savings so that they can provide for their children.…”