[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 58 (Wednesday, March 29, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H3887]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                             STUDENT LOANS

  (Ms. McKINNEY asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Ms. McKINNEY. Mr. Speaker, as the Republicans continue their class 
war on behalf of the junk bond traders of this country, the poor and 
the middle class are once again going to face their social Darwinist 
guillotine.
  Education is the single most important factor in determining whether 
or not a person will live in poverty. With this in mind, the GOP is now 
going to slash student loans which allow working families to send their 
children to school. Going to school is expensive enough as it is, yet 
now the Republicans want to make it almost impossible.
  While Newt Gingrich plans a $500 per child tax credit for people who 
can afford to send their kids to Yale, the working people in my 
district now will even have the money to watch his bogus college course 
on TV.
  Mr. Speaker, the Republicans not only want to deny a future for the 
poor of this country, they also want the middle class to keep them 
company.


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