Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, I yield myself the balance of my time. He is called the gentleman from Pennsylvania, but some of us also call him the gentleman from Lancaster. I truly want to thank my colleague on the other side of the aisle, Mr. Smucker, for his leadership on this critical piece of bipartisan legislation to stand up for hardworking Americans, to stand up for our students, and to put into place a clarified law declaring that it is a Federal crime to access U.S. Department of Education information technology systems for purposes of fraud, commercial advantage, or private financial gain, and that fines these scammers up to $20,000, or up to 5 years of imprisonment, as my colleague so nicely articulated. This is an attempt today to shut down predatory scammers who are targeting our student borrowers, for the financial health of the American people. Again, I strongly encourage my colleagues on both sides of the aisle to join us here today in passing this critical piece of legislation. Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time.”