[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 158 (2012), Part 6]
[House]
[Pages 8636-8637]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                     KEEP STUDENT LOANS AFFORDABLE

  (Ms. BERKLEY asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. BERKLEY. Mr. Speaker, I would like to bring to your attention an 
issue that is extremely important to me and the middle class families 
around the country: the ability for every student in America who so 
desires to get a college education.
  My dad was a waiter when I was growing up. I'm the first person in my 
family to go to college with the help of student loans. I know 
firsthand the invaluable role that student loans play in

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helping Nevada's middle class families enable their children to get a 
college education. That is why I am so pleased that President Obama is 
visiting my alma mater today, the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. He 
will call on Congress to focus on keeping student loans affordable for 
Nevada's families as we approach the July 1 deadline when student loans 
will double.
  Mr. Speaker, right now families across the country are sitting around 
their kitchen tables anxiously figuring out how to give their children 
the opportunity to go to college. They're counting on this Congress to 
stop worrying about protecting Wall Street corporations and Big Oil 
companies for just a few minutes and help their sons and daughters go 
to college.
  I hope that we're up for this challenge.

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