[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 87 (Wednesday, May 24, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H5488]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


          REPUBLICANS SHOULD NOT CUT THE STUDENT LOAN PROGRAM

  (Mr. OLVER asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. OLVER. Mr. Speaker, I have studied the Republican budget. I have 
seen the charts and the graphs. I have seen the Republicans cut student 
loans with one hand to give a huge tax cut to the wealthiest Americans 
with the other hand.
  Carissa Guertin of Fitchburg State College in Massachusetts has seen 
it, too. She says student loan cuts might take her out of college. 
Carissa writes, and I quote:

       I am the first in my family to actually go to college. 
     Without student aid, I will be forced to quit college and try 
     to get a job without a degree. This may cause me to add to 
     the growing number of welfare recipients. I might have to 
     become one. I do not see how student aid cuts will help our 
     economy at all in the long run.

  Mr. Speaker, I agree with Carissa.

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