[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 63 (Wednesday, April 5, 1995)]
[House]
[Pages H4187-H4188]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                 EDUCATION IS THE GATEWAY TO EVERYTHING

  (Ms. ESHOO asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  [[Page H4188]] Ms. ESHOO. Mr. Speaker, last week I was privileged to 
participate in an extraordinary field hearing at the University of San 
Francisco on Republican plans to dismantle student financial aid 
programs. The testimony we heard from students, parents, and college 
leaders put a human face on the disaster we face if this budget and 
debt buster passes.
  I listened with growing anger and concern as officials from Stanford 
University, University of California, and U.S.F. showed in detail how 
the proposed cuts would devastate middle-class families and result in 
smaller, more elitist college populations.
  We heard the moving testimony of students, Michael Rodriguez, Ronelle 
Baribaldi, Ameer Loggins, and Mary Wu. All are hard working and are 
making enormous sacrifices everyday because they have a thirst for 
education. They all underscored that student loans are investments, not 
handouts. They are smart investments in our Nation's future.
  I urge my colleagues to reject this budget busting tax cut proposal. 
Education is the gateway to everything in this Nation. Let us not 
shortcut our students or our Nation's future.


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