[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 158 (2012), Part 2]
[House]
[Page 1608]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                         COLLEGE TUITION CRISIS

  (Mrs. DAVIS of California asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute.)
  Mrs. DAVIS of California. Madam Speaker, I rise to speak about our 
college tuition crisis. It's a topic of conversation that comes up 
around kitchen tables all across America. Parents are seeing college 
tuition creep up year after year, while their income has declined or 
stagnated and their savings have been squeezed. Parents are worried 
that their children won't get a shot at the American Dream because they 
simply cannot afford the cost of higher education.
  The President's budget proposal makes it clear that even in these 
tough budgetary times we cannot shirk our responsibilities to 
strengthen investments in education. I share his commitment to 
increasing college affordability and quality. Freezing interest rates 
on subsidized student loans is something we can do something about 
right now to help millions of students across the country. Failure to 
act means that 7 million students could see their interest rates double 
to 6.8 percent.
  I urge my colleagues to work with the President to make sure that 
this issue gets the time and attention that it deserves.

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