[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 6]
[House]
[Page 8014]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                           STUDENT LOAN RATES

  (Mr. CARTWRIGHT asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Mr. CARTWRIGHT. Mr. Speaker, by 2018, 63 percent of all American job 
openings are going to require some sort of post-high school education. 
Workers who hold bachelor's degrees make, on average, double the people 
who don't have bachelor's degrees.
  Now, if we fail to take responsible action this month, student loan 
rates are going to double on 7.4 million American students. At a time 
when other interest rates are at historic lows, this body passed H.R. 
1911, a bill that would make college more expensive.
  I urge this body to pass H.R. 1433, to hold interest rates where they 
are in order to broaden opportunities and allow everybody a piece of 
the American Dream.

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