Political Quotes

“I thank you, Mr. Pocan. Mr. Speaker, talking about the middle class is something that isn't done enough of here in this Chamber. The middle class is something that makes America what it is. The middle class is something that speaks to Americans and says: Come join us. We represent opportunity in this country. We represent the ability to achieve more, to realize the American Dream. It's the middle class that makes America different from so many other nations in this world, and it's the middle class for which we must work overtime to make sure we preserve it, because if we lose the middle class in this country, we lose the sense of opportunity, the sense of hope, the sense of upward mobility. We lose an essential element of what it is to be Americans. We have to do everything we can to preserve the middle class, and one of the biggest, stoutest pillars of the middle class is our education system in this country, including the higher education system. I rise, Mr. Speaker, in opposition to H.R. 1911, on the floor tomorrow. Nominally, it is called the Smarter Solutions for Students Act. I call it--and many of my colleagues call it--the ``Make College More Expensive Act,'' which is a much more accurate title for this bill. According to the Congressional Research Service, under H.R.…”