[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 132 (Thursday, September 17, 2009)]
[House]
[Page H9674]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




 THE STUDENT AID AND FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY ACT WILL HELP AMERICA MOVE 
                                FORWARD

  (Mr. COHEN asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. COHEN. Today, the House will vote on the Student Aid and Fiscal 
Responsibility Act. It's an important bill to help education in our 
country.
  It will give higher Pell Grant amounts to students who need more 
money to make it through college. It will put moneys in the community 
colleges for fiscal improvements and also into K-12s for fiscal 
improvements. It will help Historically Black Colleges and 
Universities, which are suffering a great deal at this time and need 
that help.
  There is so much that this bill will do to help us move forward and 
save $10 billion towards the deficit. It will take moneys from the 
private sector, which has been making money off of student loans, and 
it will provide opportunities for students and education. It will 
repeal a draconian provision that particularly hurts minorities and 
others who can't get student loans because of Federal laws for simple 
possession violations of criminal laws. That shouldn't happen, and 
those students should have the opportunity to get college grants and 
loans and to go on and improve themselves and to make more of 
themselves.
  I look forward to voting for this bill which will help America move 
forward.

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