On the recordJune 9, 2014
Through the Chair to my dear friend, that is what I am saying. What has happened around the country is not only in Nevada, it is all across the country, with rare exception. State legislatures don't support higher education. If you take an organization such as the Board of Regents of the State of Nevada, and they have a lump sum of money the legislature gives them, they have to figure out a way to keep kids in school. So in Nevada last Thursday they raised the tuition of our universities by 17 percent. What will happen? They will borrow more money. I told those young people when I started the conversation today, I worked hard but with a little scholarship here or there, I could work hard and put myself through school. I put myself through college and law school, and they can't do it now. There aren't enough hours in the day to pay for this tuition.
