Kendrick Meek: “Also, Mr. Ryan, I want to share with the Members, Mr. Speaker, that all of the charts tonight will be on that Web site…”

“Also, Mr. Ryan, I want to share with the Members, Mr. Speaker, that all of the charts tonight will be on that Web site, on the 30 Something front page. Also, I would like to share with the Members that Ranking Member George Miller and also U.S. Senator Dick Durbin put forth a proposal to reverse the raid on student loans. Earlier this year, as you know, $12 billion was cut out of the Federal student loan program in order to help finance tax breaks for the wealthiest Americans. This proposal will roll that back and cut in half interest rates from 6.8 percent to 3.4 percent. And it has to be done sooner rather than later. If not, it will be a financial burden after July 1 for so many kids that want to go to college. They will actually qualify, but kids will be priced out and not be able to make it to college. Of course, this wouldn't be a discussion if the Democrats were in control, but we hope that we can work in a bipartisan way to change that. Mr. Speaker, I would like to thank all of my colleagues who joined us here tonight on the floor and thank the Democratic leadership for the hour. ____________________”