[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 8]
[House]
[Page 10593]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




           STOPPING STUDENT LOAN INTEREST RATES FROM DOUBLING

  (Mr. MESSER asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. MESSER. Four days. In 4 days, interest rates on student loans 
will double if nothing is done. A bill to stop that from happening 
passed this House last month. But the President and the Senate refused 
to do anything but posture. The truth is we don't disagree by much. The 
House plan mirrors a plan put forward by the President. Both plans use 
market rates. Both plans seek a long-term solution. But politics is 
getting in the way. And that is wrong.
  Our plan gets politicians out of the student loan business. And that 
is good for students. America's students deserve affordable rates, not 
schoolyard antics. Let's work together and stop the rate hike.

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