"Thank you, Mr. Chairman."
"I think it is going to give us a great record as we move forward considering, again, the possibility of a bill that hopefully will be as bipartisan and successful in the House as last year."
"I will toot my own horn here--allows for, again, a benefit that extends beyond retirement and no conversion in terms of the calculation of the benefit."
"This finding applies to both executive branch workers as well as postal workers."
"This should have never happened."
"This Congress has not done right by Brandon and millions of other students who will graduate with mountains of debt."
"At every corner, and specifically in the Senate and the House Rules Committee, Republicans have blocked consideration of any bill that would provide debt relief to students."
"the 10-year Treasury note yield rate on that date was 2.02 percent; today it is 2.65 percent."
"there were not enough safeguards in 1911 to allow a rate to reset every year while a student is still in college."
"84 percent of the American public supports protecting that lower rate in a polling that came out."
"It is costing students around $1,000 more per loan because we haven't acted."
"We need to do something, so my recommendation... would just take this bill up in committee that we put forth with Mr. Courtney."