House Proceeding on Feb 7th, 2008 :: 0:38:57 to 0:41:57
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Speech By: Doc Hastings

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Doc Hastings: as a result all members of the house had an opportunity to preprint their amendments in the congressional record and offer them on the floor. mr. speaker, i am disappointed that this time the

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Doc Hastings: democrat -controlled rules committee chose a closed process to consider a long overdue re-authorization of the higher education ac unfortunately by reporting out a closed rule, the democrats

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Doc Hastings: on the rules committee once again chose to deny over 400 members of congress the opportunity to offer amendments to improve the bill. furthermore, this rule makes in order five times as many

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Doc Hastings: democrat amendments as republican amendments. by authorizing the higher education act, it is important, but by adopting this closed rule an opportunity will be missed to make the underlying

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Doc Hastings: bill even better. therefore, mr. speaker, i urge my colleagues to vote against this closed rule and i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from washington

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Cathy Castor: reserves the balance of his time. the gentlewoman from ohio. ms. sutton: mr. speaker, at this time i yield three minutes to the distinguished gentlewoman from florida, a member of the rules

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Speech By: Cathy Castor

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Cathy Castor: committee, ms. castor. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman from florida is recognized for three minutes. ms. castor: i thank my colleague from ohio. mr. speaker, i rise today to support

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Cathy Castor: the college opportunity and affordability act of 2007. and this rule. because we are committed to making the cost of attending college more affordable and accessible. this is great news for

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Cathy Castor: hard-working middle class families and students across america. and students in my hometown which is a college town with thousands and thousands of students enrolled in the community college

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Cathy Castor: and at the university of south florida. there is great debate in washington today over the economy and how we are going to provide relief to middle class families. one of the answers is

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Cathy Castor: to address the soaring cost of attending college and keep the doors to a higher education opened by making college affordable through grants and low-rate loans. a college dima is a critical

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Cathy Castor: step -- diploma is a critical step towards a higher paying job and success in life. one of the best investments we can make for the future of our great nation is to ensure that the doors

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Cathy Castor: to our colleges and universities remain wide open. in my home state of florida, unfortunately, we are undergoing a budget crisis. and the funding for higher education unfortunately has been targeted

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Cathy Castor: for millions and millions of dollars of cuts. this has resulted in those university and community college doors being kept shut for many students. one student in my hometown at tampa's jefferson

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Cathy Castor: high school's gabby rodriguez. she has a 4.3 grade point average. but because of the budget cuts in the state of florida and the lack of student financial assistance, she may have to go to college

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Cathy Castor: out of state or put her college dreams on hold enrely. so the passage of this crucial bill comes -- could not come at a better time. with passage of this bill we will increase need based aid