[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 59 (Thursday, March 30, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H3983]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




   STUDENTS AND PARENTS CANNOT AFFORD DRASTIC INCREASES IN THEIR DEBT

  (Mr. BROWN of Ohio asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. BROWN of Ohio. Mr. Speaker, the Republican majority is at it 
again. They are now hitting the middle class with cuts in student aid 
to give tax breaks to the wealthy.
  I visited with students and administrators from Oberlin College, 
Lorain County Community College, and Hiram College in my district. The 
message is loud and clear: Students and parents simply cannot afford 
drastic increases in their debt.
  The Republican proposal to eliminate the Stafford Program will 
increase the average student debt burden up to 50 percent.
  This proposal sacrifices our Nation's educational future for tax 
breaks for the wealthiest few. Republicans also plan to eliminate 
campus-based aid, such as the Perkins Program, the Federal work-study, 
and supplemental educational opportunity grants.
  It is morally reprehensible, Mr. Speaker; the Gingrich Republicans 
want to cut student loans for the middle class in order to give tax 
breaks to the largest corporations and to America's wealthiest few.


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