Tim Ryan: “I am spending over $300 a semester for textbooks that have been used four or five times already by previous students. My…”

“I am spending over $300 a semester for textbooks that have been used four or five times already by previous students. My best friend was unable to be the first in his family to graduate from a major university due to the fact that he was unable to pay for textbooks, parking permits and other student fees that are burdening students more and more. I can either pay my bursar, or I can pay my rent. Next year, I won't buy my textbooks, so I can pay both. The fact that we have people making this decision, it sounds eerily similar to the decision that a lot of our senior citizens have to make between food and prescription drugs. The investigation into textbooks is long past due.”