Rubén Hinojosa: “You made the statement that the HBCUs are a very important component of higher education, and I have been one of the…”

Raising the debt ceiling is the only responsible thing to do, in my opinion.

In the last 4 years we have shown great improvement in graduation rates, in enrollment in higher education, and graduation, even, at the colleges.

I thank the gentleman. I gladly accept his offer, and I look forward to working together to promote financial literacy, especially with respect to auto financing. Mr. Chairman, I urge my colleagues to support H.R. 1737.

We sell our families short when we accept that high-interest loans are the best we can do for our communities.