Political Quotes

“last week when I was back in my home State of Wisconsin, I had the privilege of hosting a roundtable with college students from all across the southeastern area of the State. The focus of the conversation was how we in Congress could help keep college affordable and accessible. During the course of that conversation, it was abundantly clear that most of the students were very frustrated that Congress could not take some of the most commonsense steps to make that happen. I told them that I shared their frustration and ensured them that I would be going back to Washington, DC, this week to fight on their behalf. This morning I hosted a Google Hangout and spoke with campus newspapers from across the State of Wisconsin to reiterate my commitment on this issue. So here I am, almost 1 month from the day that I last stood here on the Senate floor, 1 month since a single United States Senator stood up and blocked a commonsense and bipartisan measure that would have continued to provide critical financial support for America's low-income college students. In the short month since our efforts to reauthorize the Federal Perkins Loan Program were obstructed, the immediate impacts are already becoming quite clear. Last week, the Coalition of Higher Education Assistance Organizations began surveying colleges and universities that participate in the Perkins loan program to learn more about how this obstruction is impacting their students.…”