I do believe that fixing the student loan interest rate problem will provide continued availability of affordable student loans for our students. Today some 9 million students take advantage of our student loan program, the highest number ever, and they are paying the lowest interest rates they have ever paid in the history of the program. What we want to do today is to pass the underlying bill that will, in fact, continue to have low, affordable rates available to ensure that more of our students can achieve their goals of the American dream by pursuing a postsecondary education.
John Boehner: “I do believe that fixing the student loan interest rate problem will provide continued availability of affordable…”
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Discussing the importance of a bill to fix student loan interest rates.
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