Political Quotes

“I rise in support of H.R. 4866, the Fed Up Higher Education Technical Amendments of 2002. The bill provides for technical amendments to the Higher Education Act. This bill has had bipartisan support throughout its process. The development of the bill was done in an open, fully cooperative manner with my friends on the other side of the aisle. The foundation of this bill has been the FED UP process put forward by the gentleman from California (Mr. McKeon) and the gentlewoman from Hawaii (Mrs. Mink) just about a year ago whereby student aid and higher education officials across the country had an opportunity to provide proposals on how to improve the programs in the Higher Education Act while maintaining the integrity of the student loan programs. Everyone in the higher education community has enthusiastically supported the FED UP process, and this bill is intended to address the noncontroversial, budget-neutral changes to the Higher Education Act that will assist in reducing red tape.”