[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 87 (Wednesday, May 24, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H5489]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                  CRUEL CUTS IN STUDENT FINANCIAL AID

  (Mr. DeFAZIO asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. DeFAZIO. Mr. Speaker, I come to the floor because I heard an 
extraordinary exchange earlier between the Democratic leader, who 
justly slammed the Republicans' budget for its cuts in student loans 
and grants that will add $5,000 to the debt burden of the typical 
financial aid student graduating from college in future years for 
families that earn less than $75,000 a year. A Republican freshman rose 
on the other side to say he would sacrifice for the sake of his 
daughter, he would take those financial aid cuts for the sake of his 
daughter.
  Well, I have got news for him. He earns $133,000 a year as a Member 
of Congress. He had a successful career as a sportscaster. His daughter 
does not need help to go to college, but millions of other American 
kids do who come from families of modest means, and he is stomping on 
their fingers as they try and reach that first rung of the ladder to 
climb up to the success that we all strive for in this country.
  These cuts are cruel and they fall only on families who earn less 
than $75,000 a year. That is the Republican budget's answer for student 
financial aid.

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