Shelley Berkley: “I am a granddaughter of immigrants to this country that couldn't speak English. They had no education when they came to…”

“I am a granddaughter of immigrants to this country that couldn't speak English. They had no education when they came to the United States. The only thing they had was a dream, and that dream was that their children and their children's children would lead a better life here in the United States. My father has a 9th grade education because he had to quit school in order to support his widowed mother and five brothers and sisters during the Depression. So my father had no education and my mother graduated high school, but the one thing they stressed in our home was that their children would get a good education. Now, my dad was a waiter all the years I was growing up. And if it hadn't been for Federal loans to help me get through college and law school, I guarantee I wouldn't be sitting here as a Member of the United States House of Representatives. For the people I represent, most of the students that attend college in Nevada are first-generation college-goers, just like I was.”