John Tierney: “You can talk faster than I can, General, but I'll slow you down a little bit.”

The record isn't great on special ed, other than all of the rhetoric from elected officials about how much they support it.

At this time, I would like to yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from Texas, Ruben Hinojosa, who has been deeply involved in the passage of this bill.

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…

What can we do for those folks to get them back on track that doesn't leave them in the situation being 55 years old, having 98,000 worth of debt, and never be able to get out of this thing?