John Tierney: “Subsidiarity is not a free pass to dismantle government programs and abandon the poor to their own devices.”

I appreciate that from my colleague. The reason this mother supports the bill is that she knows it is going to help her daughter pay her loans in a reasonable way, while pursuing other goals this life. This is really, Mr. Speaker, about…

At this time, I would like to yield 1 minute to the gentleman from Colorado, Jared Polis.

I want to just amplify comments made by Mr. Courtney with respect to what the Ryan budget would do to some of the higher education funds on that.

This is the final amendment to the bill. It will not kill the bill or send it back to committee. If this amendment is adopted, the bill will immediately proceed to final passage, as amended. Mr. Speaker, student loan debt is at a crisis…