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Mark Kirk: “Reclaiming my time, that may be the biggest benefit from this legislation. Not only will we save tens of billions of…”

On the recordMarch 7, 2007
Reclaiming my time, that may be the biggest benefit from this legislation. Not only will we save tens of billions of dollars for college education, and I think everybody in this Chamber knows George Washington University just crossed the $50,000 a year tuition mark for kids, but more importantly, these accounts are going to have the names of each child on them. And so it is an education tool for parents. And I don't know if you want to talk about that. When the statement comes into the home that for a young teenage son or daughter, you might be able to talk about how the investment has gone.
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Mark Kirk
Republican · Illinois

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Discussing the benefits of legislation related to college education funding.

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