Roy Blunt: “I rise in support of the effort that my friend Senator Manchin has done to reach a conclusion. I hope we reach that…”

“I rise in support of the effort that my friend Senator Manchin has done to reach a conclusion. I hope we reach that conclusion today. I was a university president for 4 years before coming to the Congress. There are 11 million families--between now and the start of the school year--who will be making decisions on how these programs work, so they are very impacted by what we do. Working together to make this happen is important, and I will be supporting that. I am glad to be a cosponsor of this bill that deals with scholarships, but I wish to talk quickly about one other topic and then I have another topic I came to the floor to talk about. Remembering Officers Chestnut and Gibson”