Political Quotes

“I thank the gentleman from New York with whom we have often on the floor talked about many, many issues, including making it in America and building a strong economy here. But a strong economy really depends upon the individuals that work in that economy, and if they are saddled with student debt, they are not able to really explore and really carry out all of their potential. So what we want to do is to address this issue. You mentioned the Presidential campaigns, and Secretary Clinton, she actually has a very strong and robust and fulsome program dealing with the cost of education. She does have an additional item beyond the debt issues, which you very well explained that she wants to pursue. She also has a program in place where all families who earn initially less than $85,000 a year would be able to go to a State university, public university in their State, at no cost, and that would then grow to $125,000 in the next 4 years. That is really extraordinary. That is pretty much like it was when I went to school a few decades ago and the University of California was literally free. We had a couple of--I don't know--$125 for the Student Union and some athletic programs, but it was tuition-free. Those are bygone days.…”