[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 194 (Monday, December 10, 2018)]
[House]
[Page H9808]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                LET'S HELP OUR COLLEGE STUDENTS SUCCEED

  (Ms. JACKSON LEE asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. JACKSON LEE. Mr. Speaker, many of us will see this as the holiday 
season, but many of us know that our young college students will be 
finishing their first semester of whatever year they are in college.
  As I was home this season greeting my constituents, one very 
dedicated constituent came to me and said: What are we doing about 
helping students get rid of this enormous burden of debt, trying to 
become a contributing citizen to this country?
  I made a commitment to him that we would work together to reduce the 
interest rates on student government loans, to look forward to 
providing access to education to all Americans.
  I believe, as students finish their first semester, looking to their 
second, some of them graduating, that we do have a responsibility to 
make sure that education is reasonable, accessible, and not the 
enormous burden that it is.
  Let's help our college students. Let's help them succeed. I look 
forward to doing that.

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