Jim McDermott actually said...

Today, you have 41 million people who are carrying $1.2 trillion worth of debt, and it is putting a damper on our economy.

The average debt of a student coming--62 percent of the students in this country come out of college $35,000 in debt.

Now, I would like to talk a little bit about my own experience. In 1970, I was a physician.

It was almost 6 years ago to the day that I introduced the Conflict Minerals Trade Act, which was designed to help stop trade in conflict mi...