Rob Andrews: “We are very much in favor of saying to teachers who teach math and…”

On the recordJuly 9, 2003

We are very much in favor of saying to teachers who teach math and science and special education in schools that are plagued with difficult challenges that they should get increased loan forgiveness. That is a great idea, and we are happy to support it. We believe that that loan forgiveness should be extended further. Democrats offered amendments that would have extended that loan forgiveness to Head Start and other preschool teachers. It would have extended it to teachers in rural schools and some other areas. The chairman of the full committee was on the floor a few minutes ago and said that we are here to make decisions and that the perfect should not be the enemy of the good. Implicit in his remarks, of course, are that there are trade-offs for decisions that we make. Let me explore the trade-off that I think the majority's unwisely making by excluding our amendments from this bill.

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Rob Andrews

Democratic · New Jersey

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Discussing loan forgiveness for teachers during a debate on education legislation.

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Rob Andrews: “We are very much in favor of saying to teachers who teach math and science and special education in schools that are…”

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