[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 9 (Wednesday, January 17, 2007)]
[House]
[Page H579]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                  PASS THE COLLEGE STUDENT RELIEF ACT

  (Ms. SHEA-PORTER asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Ms. SHEA-PORTER. Mr. Speaker, I am urging my colleagues today to pass 
the College Student Relief Act. I speak not only as a Congresswoman 
from New Hampshire, but also as the mother of a college student and one 
about to enter college.
  These student loan interest rates are absolutely crippling students' 
ability to go to college and putting a burden on their families. These 
students are also deeply concerned now about what will happen when they 
go into the workforce and they have to pay a higher interest rate on 
their loans, as well as paying for higher energy costs and paying for 
rent and paying for all of the other expenses that young adults 
experience.
  I urge my colleagues to please ease the pain on these students, 
encourage this higher education, because higher education is the key to 
prosperity in our country.

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