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Kendrick Meek: “Today, Mr. Speaker, we had a vote on the College Student Relief Act, and I am proud to say that not only did we have…”

On the recordJanuary 17, 2007
Today, Mr. Speaker, we had a vote on the College Student Relief Act, and I am proud to say that not only did we have every Democratic Member that was in attendance today voting for it, but we also had 124 Republicans that voted for it. This was to take the interest rates down from 6.8 to now 3.4, and it is going to help 5.5 million students be able to afford college. But I definitely love for my colleagues to chime in, because this is a good day of accomplishment whenever you can come to the floor and vote and be successful on something that you talk about when you are running for office; and now to see this legislative accomplishment in such a very short time is something that you should be excited about. I know that all our constituents are, too.
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Kendrick Meek
Florida
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Discussing bipartisan support for the College Student Relief Act during a House floor speech.

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