Kendrick Meek: “once again it is a pleasure to come before the Members of the House and the American people to talk about issues that…”

“once again it is a pleasure to come before the Members of the House and the American people to talk about issues that are facing all Americans. As you know, week after week we come to the floor, the gentleman from Ohio (Mr. Ryan) and myself and other members of the 30-something Group to talk about things that are facing young Americans, which also I think have a lot to do with the bottom line of American families, as they start to work on their finances, work on their future, and I am glad to do that. The first week we came we started talking about the issues of student loans, the fact that more Americans are graduating from college in debt, unable to purchase a home or take part in the American dream. We also talked about the issues that were facing students in America here with the price of text books, which then also has an issue that is placed on the table of their parents are trying to make sure they come up with the in some cases $800 to $1,500 for text books on top of exploding tuition costs, which I must say is a student tax and a tax on the American people.”