[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]


                             STUDENT LOANS

  (Ms. VELAZQUEZ asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Ms. VELAZQUEZ. Mr. Speaker, let me tell you about a letter I recently 
received from Maria Casillas. Maria lives in my district and writes:

       Cuts in student aid just don't make sense. Student aid 
     actually saves taxpayers money by stimulating economic growth 
     and increasing productivity. Student aid is important to me 
     because it gives me the opportunity to get a better education 
     than my mother or grandmother had. I work hard in school to 
     get good grades and without financial aid, I could not afford 
     college.

  Maria wants to go to college and without Federal funding for student 
loans, she will not have the opportunity to do so. We cannot afford to 
squander our human resources. Let us invest in the future of our 
country. Let us provide Maria and young men and women like her with the 
educational opportunity they deserve. Let us do what is right for the 
people of this Nation, not what is right for the privileged few.

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