Frank Pallone: “I just received a letter today from the president of Rutgers University, which is the State university in New Jersey…”

“I just received a letter today from the president of Rutgers University, which is the State university in New Jersey, the major university in the State and the main campus of which is in New Brunswick in my district, and the president, the Rutgers president, expressed deep concern over the Republican bill, the one that came out of the House Committee on Ways and Means, and if I could just read a couple lines from this? He goes into very great detail about how it impacts a lot of students, but he says, and I quote, ``that the higher education community was encouraged by the bipartisan budget agreement reached by the President and congressional leaders because it put the country on track to a balanced budget while targeting tax relief to families struggling with the cost of higher education.”