Xavier Becerra: “If the gentleman looks at it closely, for a student who attends a low-cost public college with tuition somewhere around…”

“If the gentleman looks at it closely, for a student who attends a low-cost public college with tuition somewhere around $1,000, under our plan, under the Democratic plan presented by the President, that HOPE credit would be $1,500. But under the Republican plan we have passed out of the House, the credit would only be $750. This change would particularly hurt students from low- and moderate-income families, those working class families that typically attend those junior colleges that do not cost all that much. I am as concerned, as anyone else on this floor should be concerned, about helping working families pay for all 4 years of college. Is the gentleman aware of any tax incentives that the Republican proposal has for families paying tuition expenses for the last 2 years of college out of their salary or wage incomes?”