[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 57 (Tuesday, March 28, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H3819]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                       OPPOSE CUTS IN STUDENT AID

  (Ms. DeLAURO asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. DeLAURO. Mr. Speaker, once again, Republicans are asking middle 
class families to sacrifice in order to pay for their tax giveaway to 
the wealthy. This time they have zeroed in on student loan programs 
that have helped educate generations of middle class kids.
  The Contract With America puts four crucial student aid programs on 
the chopping block. Together, these programs account for 75 percent of 
the financial aid currently awarded to college students.
  If these mean-spirited cuts are approved, it would cost students and 
their families $20 billion over the next 5 years--making this the 
largest increase in college costs in history. Middle class families 
rely on student aid. In fact, Newt Gingrich and Dick Armey took out 
student loans to pay for their education. Now, they want to pull up the 
ladder behind them and deny that opportunity to the students of today. 
Don't let Professor Gingrich cancel class for hundreds of thousands of 
college students. Oppose cuts in student aid.

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