[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 158 (2012), Part 8]
[House]
[Page 10753]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                      STUDENT LOAN INTEREST RATES

  (Mr. CLARKE of Michigan asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. CLARKE of Michigan. Mr. Speaker, today this House voted to extend 
the cap on student loan interest rates, or at least certain student 
loans, for an additional year. That's fine, but it's only a Band-Aid. 
Over 1 million Americans, and this is just one box of many that 
contains petition signatures, say that they want more relief. They want 
their student loan debt cut, reduced, and excessive debt forgiven.
  So let's listen to more than 1 million Americans who want the student 
loan debt forgiven in this country so we can give people hope and 
create jobs.

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