Charles B. Rangel Quotes

People of my age who went to college, go into college, you know what it cost back then? Nothing or next to nothing. At the most, you had to work at Dairy Queen during the summer and that would pay for your college education.

Pell Grants are, and have been, critically important tools in making higher education a possibility for lower- and middle-income students.

We need to make college affordable in price, and also have lower-cost student loans and more available grants for students.

I had loans in law school.

There is still a lot of misinformation being spread about higher education funding arrangements under the new Act. The students page on my website sets out the main points in the Act.

Michelle and I—we’re where we are today only because scholarships and student loans gave us a shot at a great education.

It’s absolutely the case that the low cost college tuition that I was able to enjoy and the financial aid that I was able to receive made my education possible.

High school seniors should receive help in how to think about a student loan and how to make sure that the education bought with the loan offers good prospects for repayment.

Financial Aid Office (FAO) administrators are scrambling to educate students on repaying loans, but a disparity in knowledge persists.

My parents didn't pay for college because we all got scholarships.

I believe the American people are entitled to some straight talk when it comes to higher education funding.

We should be trying to make education less expensive, not more.

My parents were able to pay our expenses, but not for education. We were encouraged to work hard in school and get scholarships.

I wouldn't be here if it were not for the grant system that paid for me to go to art school - because my parents couldn't have afforded it.

About two-thirds of bachelor's degree holders borrow to go to school, and on average they're graduating with more than $26,000 in debt.

I strongly support extending current student loan interest rates and increasing the college tuition tax credit for students and their families.

College gives people learning and also takes away future opportunities by loading the next generation down with debt.

Private student loans should be avoided at all costs.

So you can go to college on Pell Grants - maybe I should not be telling anybody this because it's turning out to be the welfare of the 21st century.

We build schools and give government loans and grants to college kids; for those of us who are parents, tuition will often be the last big subsidy we give the children we've raised.

Back in the 1960s, I got a superb education for very little money. The bill for my first year at Harpur College in New York was a few hundred dollars.

Students graduating with high debt encounter difficulties in qualifying for home and automobile loans.

Middle class families are struggling to send their sons and daughters to school. For many Americans, a college education is essential to future success.

One of the greatest obstacles to escaping poverty is the staggering cost of higher education.

We simply can't keep providing money from the federal government in the form of subsidized or actual loans and Pell Grants when we don't have the money.