House Overwhelmingly Approves Bill to Address Rising College Prices & Remove Other Barriers to College Enrollment
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The U.S. House of Representatives voted overwhelmingly today to address the soaring price of college and remove other obstacles that make it harder for qualified students to go to college.
By a bipartisan vote of 354 to 58, the House approved the College Opportunity and Affordability Act (H.R. 4137), which would reform and strengthen the nation’s higher education programs to ensure that they operate in the best interests of students and families.
“Last year, by enacting a $20 billion increase in federal student aid – the largest increase since the G.I. Bill of 1944 – this Congress took an historic step to help American families pay for college,” said U.S. Rep. George Miller (D-CA), the chairman of the House Education and Labor Committee. “Now we are redoubling our commitment to college students and parents by reining in skyrocketing tuition prices and making our whole system of higher education far more consumer-friendly.”
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