[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 156 (2010), Part 4]
[House]
[Pages 5025-5026]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                     MAKING COLLEGE MORE AFFORDABLE

  (Mrs. CAPPS asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Mrs. CAPPS. Mr. Speaker, on Sunday, the House passed groundbreaking 
legislation to make college more affordable.
  Students in my district and across the Nation are struggling to keep 
up with devastating State budget cuts and ever rising tuition. This 
week I met

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with college students from UC Santa Barbara and Oxnard Community 
College on the Capitol steps, and I was proud to tell them that, during 
these tough economic times, I voted for the single largest investment 
ever in higher education.
  Our bill will save taxpayers over $60 billion from wasteful bank 
subsidies, and we're making education a priority, investing most of 
these savings directly into Pell Grants. The bill will mean nearly $48 
million for Pell Grants for these and other students over the next 10 
years.
  Now, more than ever, we need to invest in education to get our 
economy back on track, and with this bill we did just that. Today we 
can finish the job for our college students.

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