Tim Ryan: “we are here on our second weekly 30- something working group, and I am joined by the gentleman from Florida (Mr. Meek).…”

“we are here on our second weekly 30- something working group, and I am joined by the gentleman from Florida (Mr. Meek). We started this last week on Tuesday. Every Tuesday night we are going to come here and talk about issues facing the young people, not only in our own communities in Florida or in the State of Ohio, not only young people who are at universities or private schools throughout the country, but people who are in their 20s, in their 30s and the kinds of challenges they are facing in society here today. As Members can see, the gentlewoman from California (Ms. Pelosi), who we would like to thank for the opportunity to do this, sponsoring the 30-something working group, we are going to ask young people, and you do not have to be 30, you can be 20, 40, 50, to contact us by e-mail at [email protected], and we will repeat the mailing address later, but just to talk about issues that are facing young students, young people today. Last week we talked for about an hour about the challenges that are facing young people with summer jobs, student loans, Pell grants, and issues related to getting into college, having access to college, having access to higher education in this country. The majority of the discussion we talked about last week revolved around the priorities of the country. As we sit in this Chamber late on a Tuesday night, the issue again is priorities.”