Subject: Re: REVISED DRAFT: college rollout
From: "Ann O'Leary" <[email-masked]>
To: Katie Connolly <[email-masked]>
Cc: Joel Benenson <[email-masked]>, Jim Margolis <[email-masked]>, Mandy Grunwald <[email-masked]>, "[email-masked]" <[email-masked]>, "[email-masked]" <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, 8 Aug 2015 13:31:35 -0700
List-Id: <speechdrafts.hillaryclinton.com>

Thanks, Katie. I like it.  I know Megan is going to get back to this soon
and I am going to have my team fact check all the policy pieces, but wanted
to have the latest draft in everyone's inbox.  I highlighted in yellow
Katie's change and two small changes that I made:

*HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON*

*REMARKS ON COLLEGE AFFORDABILITY AND STUDENT DEBT*

*EXETER, NEW HAMPSHIRE*

*MONDAY, AUGUST 10, 2015*

It’s wonderful to be back in Exeter.  Thank you, Danny, for that
introduction.  And thank you all for coming out today.  I’ve been traveling
all over New Hampshire, and everywhere I go – from Dover to Nashua to Glen
to Windham – people ask great questions.  It must come from being the first
primary state.  So today, I want to talk for just a little bit, and then I
want to hear what’s on your mind.

This election is about the choices we have to make as a country, and how
they’ll shape our children’s and grandchildren’s futures.  I believe that,
in America, if you work hard and do your part, you should be able to get
ahead and stay ahead.  That’s the basic bargain that’s always set our
nation apart.  And I want to make sure we keep that bargain and strengthen
it, so it holds true for this generation and the next.

Thanks to your hard work – and the hard work of people across the country –
America has come back from the worst recession of our lifetimes.  We’re
standing again.  But we’re not yet running the way we should.  Corporate
profits are near record highs – but most paychecks have barely budged.
Costs for everything from childcare to prescription drugs are rising faster
than wages. It’s no wonder so many Americans feel like the deck is stacked
in favor of those at the top.

We’ve got to do better.  We’ve got to get incomes rising again, so more
hard-working families can afford a middle-class life.  We need strong
growth… fair growth… and long-term growth.  *That’s* how we’ll achieve
lasting prosperity – by building an economy that we *all* have a stake in,
and that works for *everyone*.

If we can do that, we’ll make being middle class mean something real and
important again. If we can do that, we'll restore the middle class as a
place where aspiration thrives, instead of a place where, too often, dreams
are dashed because opportunity is out of reach. And we can start by putting
one of the most important opportunities – the shot at a high quality
college education – back into the hands of everyone who wants to work for
it. Today, I’m announcing my plan to *make college affordable and available
to every American.*

For millions of Americans, a college degree has been the ticket to a better
life.  My grandfather worked his entire life in a lace mill – but my dad
made it to college and was able to start his own small business, and that
made a huge difference in our lives.  Then my parents scrimped and saved
for years, so they could send me to a school across the country.  They knew
that they were setting me on the path to a better future.  College still
holds that promise today.  A lot has changed in this country – but that
hasn’t.

Across America, parents who never had a chance to go to college themselves
dream of that aspiration the moment their kids are born.  High-schoolers –
even middle-schoolers – are taking college prep courses and studying for
the SAT.  Full-time workers are spending time at night taking course
on-line to earn certificates or badges, or going to community college at
night, to increase their knowledge and skills so they can move up the job
ladder, even if that means heading straight from an eight-hour shift to a
pile of homework.  If that’s what it takes to get a better job – to give
their kids better than they had – then they’ll do it.

But here’s the problem.  States are slashing education budgets.  Colleges
keep raising prices.  In-state tuition and fees for public colleges
increased by *55 percent *between 2003 and 2012.  But your incomes didn’t
rise by that much, did they?  So families are left facing a painful
choice.  Either you say, “We just can’t afford it,” and pass up on all the
opportunities that a degree can offer – or you do whatever it takes to pay
for it, even if that means going deeply into debt.

And while the return on investment of a college degree is still worth it
over a person’s lifetime, more and more, student debt is holding people
back from getting a strong start.  Forty million Americans have student
loans.  Together, they owe more than a trillion dollars.  New Hampshire’s
students are carrying the highest debt in the country.  And millions of
Americans are delinquent or in default.  Even if they’re doing everything
they can to pay their loans, they just can’t keep up.

The cost of this debt is real – not just on balance sheets, but in people’s
lives and futures.  I’ve talked to people who have so much student debt,
they’ve put off buying a house, changing jobs, starting a business – even
getting married.  I’ve met parents and grandparents who’ve co-signed loans
and end up draining their savings or ruining their credit – all because
they did what parents and grandparents are supposed to do – help out the
next generation.

There are students who take out loans to pay for an expensive degree from a
for-profit institution – only to find little support to help them complete
the degree or they graduate and discover that, when it comes to finding a
job, their degree isn’t worth what they thought it was.

The 40 percent of students who never finish college are left with debt and
no degree to show for it – the worst of both worlds.  And that
non-completion rate should trouble to all of us.  It’s the highest in the
developed world. It is time for us to show some tough love with our
colleges and universities that year after year allow more of their students
to fail than to graduate.

College is supposed to help people achieve their dreams.  But more and
more, it’s pushing people’s dreams further out of reach.  And that’s just
wrong.  It’s a betrayal of everything college is supposed to represent –
and everything families have worked so hard to achieve.

This is also about our national competitiveness.  The rest of the world is
working as hard as they can to out-do us.  China plans to double the number
of students enrolled in college by 2030, which means they’ll have nearly
200 million college graduates.  That’s more than our entire workforce!
American workers can out-work and out-innovate anyone in the world – as
long as they get the training and education they need to compete.

So we need to make some big changes.  We need to transform how much higher
education costs – and how those costs get paid.  For too long, the burden
has been left to families to bear the crushing cost of soaring  prices,
underinvestment, and too little accountability.

*It’s time for a new college compact, where everyone does their part.  We
need to make a quality education affordable and available to everyone
willing to work for it **– without saddling them with decades of debt.*

I’ve been traveling the country for months, talking to students and
families, educators, legislators, and experts of every stripe – including
young progressive activists who’ve put the issue of debt-free college and
college affordability at the top of the national agenda.

And today, I’m announcing my plan to put college within reach for
everyone.  We’re calling it the New College Compact.  And we’re posting it
on our website, Facebook, Medium, Snapchat – just about everywhere we can
think of.  I hope you’ll check it out.  But for now, here are the basics.

Under the New College Compact, no family – and no student – will have to
borrow to pay tuition at a public college.

Schools will have to control their costs and show more accountability to
their students.

States will have to meet their obligation to invest in higher education.

The federal government will make a major new investment in this promise and
will never again profit off student loans.

And everyone who has student debt will be able to refinance it at lower
rates.

That’s my plan.  It’s ambitious – and we should be ambitious.  But it’s
also achievable.  And it would make a big difference in people’s lives.

My College Compact comes down to two main goals.

*First, we’ll make sure that cost won’t be a barrier**. *

Under my plan, students will never have to take out a loan to pay for
tuition at an in-state public university to get a 4-year degree.  Tuition
will be affordable for every family. We will make sure the federal
government and the states step up and pay the costs, so the burden doesn’t
fall on families alone.

But these days, tuition isn’t enough.  The cost of living at college has
been creeping up too.  So students who qualify for Pell Grants will be able
to use them for living expenses and students that have to take out loans to
pay for living expenses will be assured that the rates will be reduced
because the federal government will no longer be allowed to profit from
their student loans.

For those who go to community college, it will be free– that’s President
Obama’s plan and we’re making it ours too. If students start at a community
college and then transfer to a 4-year school, we’ll make sure their credits
count towards a 4-year degree and the transition is seamless. We’re also
offering special help to college students who are parents, because when you
help a parent with the supports they need to get an education, including
quality child care, you’re helping their kids, too through a two-generation
approach to learning.

We’re going to work with historically black colleges and universities,
because they serve some of America’s brightest students, who need the most
support and too often have gotten the least of it.  And we’re going to help
pay for college for students who agree to national service.  If you’re
willing to tutor America’s kids or clean up our parks, the least we can do
is support your education.

*Our second big goal is to make sure that debt won’t hold anyone back. *

For the millions of Americans who already have student debt, my plan will
give you the chance to refinance at lower interest rates.  If you can
refinance your mortgage or your car loan, you should be able to refinance
your student loan.  It’s just wrong that people are locked into college
loans at 8, 9, even 10 percent.

If you do still end up taking out a loan – for example, to go to a private
college or graduate school– we’ll cut your interest rates, so the
government never makes a profit off your loan.

We’ll make it easier to enroll in income-based repayment programs, so
you’ll never have to pay more than 10 percent of what you make.

We’re going to help borrowers who are in default get back on their feet.
And we’ll crack down on predatory schools and lenders and bill collectors.
If you defraud students, overcharge veterans, or mislead borrowers, we’re
going to do everything we can to stop you.

There’s a lot more in my College Compact – from encouraging innovations
like online learning and apprenticeships, so students can earn their degree
in less time and move straight into a job, and can refresh their skills
throughout their lifetimes … to strengthening the G.I. Bill, so more of our
veterans can get their degree... to making sure colleges spending federal
dollars on things that benefit students, like teaching and research – not
marketing campaigns or big salaries for administrators.

I plan to make college affordability a major issue in this campaign –
because it’s a major issue for millions of American families.  Here’s the
bottom line.  An education shouldn’t be something just for those at the
top.  And it shouldn't be a burden.  An education should be affordable –
and available – to everyone.

I remember how proud my parents were when I graduated college.  I remember
how proud Bill and I were to see Chelsea graduate – I’ll never forget how
grown-up she looked that day.  And even though my new granddaughter is
already growing up faster than I’d like, I can’t wait to see her walk
across a stage someday and receive her diploma. And I know that mothers and
fathers and grandparents across the country feel the exact same way.

I want every young person in America to have their shot at that moment.  I
want every hard-working parent out there to get the chance to see his or
her child cross a stage – or to cross it themselves.  America should be a
place where those achievements are possible for anyone who’s willing to
work hard to do their part.  That’s the country I want to help build – for
this generation and all the generations to come.

Thank you very much.  And now, let’s hear from you.

On Sat, Aug 8, 2015 at 11:37 AM, Katie Connolly <[email-masked]> wrote:

> Hi all,
>
>
>
> Just wanted to toss out another idea to tie the fifth graf – where she
> introduces the topic – a little more to the overall campaign themes/vision.
> Just an idea – let me know what you think.
>
>
>
> CURRENT 4TH GRAF: We’ve got to do better.  We’ve got to get incomes
> rising again, so more hard-working families can afford a middle-class
> life.  We need strong growth… fair growth… and long-term growth.  *That’s*
> how we’ll achieve lasting prosperity – by building an economy that we
> *all* have a stake in, and that works for *everyone*
>
>
>
> SUGGESTED ADDITION: If we can do that, we’ll make being middle class mean
> something real and important again. If we can do that, we'll restore the
> middle class as a place where aspiration thrives, instead of a place where,
> too often, dreams are dashed because opportunity is out of reach. And we
> can start by putting one of the most important opportunities – the shot at
> a high quality college education – back into the hands of everyone who
> wants to work for it. Today, I’m announcing my plan to make *college
> affordable and available to every American.*
>
>
>
> Then continue on with the speech.
>
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> Katie
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> *From:* Joel Benenson
> *Sent:* Saturday, August 08, 2015 11:37 AM
> *To:* Jim Margolis
> *Cc:* Katie Connolly; Mandy Grunwald; [email-masked];
> [email-masked]; [email-masked]
>
> *Subject:* Re: REVISED DRAFT: college rollout
>
>
>
> Good with that
>
> Sent from my iPad
>
>
> On Aug 8, 2015, at 10:53 AM, Margolis, Jim <[email-masked]> wrote:
>
> our emails crossed.  this is exactly my point.  thanks katie
> ------------------------------
>
> *From:* Katie Connolly [[email-masked]]
> *Sent:* Saturday, August 08, 2015 10:49 AM
> *To:* Joel Benenson; Margolis, Jim
> *Cc:* Mandy Grunwald; [email-masked];
> [email-masked]; [email-masked]
> *Subject:* RE: REVISED DRAFT: college rollout
>
> One thing I like about Jim’s though is that it does include a direct
> reference to getting rid of “decades of debt”, which is the central pain
> point people are feeling. I believe that the takeaway/quotable grafs have
> to invoke debt because that’s the way we connect what she is doing directly
> back to their lives.
>
>
>
> Maybe it’s as simple as: *It’s time for a new college compact,
> where everyone does their part.  We need to make a quality
> education affordable and available to everyone willing to work for it –
> without saddling them with decades of debt.*
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> *From:* Joel Benenson
> *Sent:* Saturday, August 08, 2015 10:36 AM
> *To:* Jim Margolis
> *Cc:* Mandy Grunwald; [email-masked];
> [email-masked]; [email-masked]; Katie
> Connolly
> *Subject:* Re: REVISED DRAFT: college rollout
>
>
>
> I think Jim's expansion risks sounding like an entitlement program too
> much.
>
>
>
> I think we have to make our language true to the core of her plan and who
> she is in demanding responsibility and accountability from everyone
> participating and wanting to participate in the college system.
>
>
>
>  I don't think it's bad at all to say where Everyone does their part.
>
> Compact works because it demands things from multiple place and echoing
> language of basic bargain still feels right here.
>
> And this isn't an entitlement so I think the affordable for everyone
> willing to work for it gets at responsibility - which I think is a
> substantive difference implicitly with Sanders and pushing against "free".
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
>
> On Aug 8, 2015, at 9:36 AM, Margolis, Jim <[email-masked]> wrote:
>
> Megan/Ann:
>
> Sorry, I did one more read through.  I’m a little worried the take-away
> bite in the text doesn’t do enough for us.
>
> (current) *It’s time for a new college compact, where everyone does their
> part.  We need to make a quality education affordable and available to
> everyone willing to work for it.*
>
>
>
> Maybe something more like this:
>
> *It’**s time for a new college compact that allows everyone  to get ahead
> by getting a college degree — a degree that doesn’t come with decades of
> debt but rather a quality education that’s finally affordable and available
> to every family in America.  That*’*s** the way forward.*
>
>
>
> *From: *'Mandy Grunwald' via Speech Drafts <
> [email-masked]>
> *Reply-To: *Mandy Grunwald <[email-masked]>
> *Date: *Saturday, August 8, 2015 at 9:05 AM
> *To: *Joel Benenson <[email-masked]>, Ann O'Leary <
> [email-masked]>
> *Cc: *"[email-masked]" <[email-masked]>, "
> [email-masked]" <[email-masked]>, Katie
> Connolly <[email-masked]>
> *Subject: *Re: REVISED DRAFT: college rollout
>
>
>
> I like Ann's additions too but I have some concerns about the policy
> description in our first point.
>
>
>
> Ann or Megan, could one of you please call me on my cell?
>
>
>
> 202 669-2899
>
>
>
> thanks
>
> *Mandy Grunwald*
>
> *Grunwald Communications*
>
> *202 973-9400 <202%20973-9400>*
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Joel Benenson <[email-masked]>
> To: Ann O'Leary <[email-masked]>
> Cc: Megan Rooney <[email-masked]>; Speech Drafts <
> [email-masked]>; Katie Connolly <[email-masked]>
> Sent: Sat, Aug 8, 2015 7:18 am
> Subject: Re: REVISED DRAFT: college rollout
>
> Like the adds Ann has made.
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
>
> On Aug 8, 2015, at 2:10 AM, Ann O'Leary < [email-masked]>
> wrote:
>
> This is really good, Megan.  I've offered a few suggestions to make sure
> we are a bit stronger on accountability, we lead with our promise to
> families and students when we describe our compact, and we highlight
> innovation and on-line learning a bit more.
>
>
>
> Thanks to Mandy and Joel - agree their framing and feedback was very
> helpful - I tried not to wonk it up, just refined at the edges.
>
>
>
> On Fri, Aug 7, 2015 at 4:46 PM, Megan Rooney <[email-masked]>
> wrote:
>
> Hi all!  Attached is a revised draft for Monday’s college rollout event in
> NH.  You’ll see it’s a lot leaner and meaner than the draft I sent around
> this morning.  I spent a really helpful hour-plus on the phone with Mandy
> and Joel and they had great guidance.
>
>
>
> If you could get me any edits by noon tomorrow, I’d appreciate it.  Thanks!
>
>
>
> **
>
>
>
> *HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON*
>
> *REMARKS ON COLLEGE AFFORDABILITY AND STUDENT DEBT*
>
> *EXETER, NEW HAMPSHIRE*
>
> *MONDAY, AUGUST 10, 2015*
>
>
>
> It’s wonderful to be back in Exeter.  Thank you, Danny, for that
> introduction.  And thank you all for coming out today.  I’ve been traveling
> all over New Hampshire, and everywhere I go – from Dover to Nashua to Glen
> to Windham – people ask great questions.  It must come from being the first
> primary state.  So today, I want to talk for just a little bit, and then I
> want to hear what’s on your mind.
>
>
>
> This election is about the choices we have to make as a country, and how
> they’ll shape our children’s and grandchildren’s futures.  I believe that,
> in America, if you work hard and do your part, you should be able to get
> ahead and stay ahead.  That’s the basic bargain that’s always set our
> nation apart.  And I want to make sure we keep that bargain and strengthen
> it, so it holds true for this generation and the next.
>
>
>
> Thanks to your hard work – and the hard work of people across the country
> – America has come back from the worst recession of our lifetimes.  We’re
> standing again.  But we’re not yet running the way we should.  Corporate
> profits are near record highs – but most paychecks have barely budged.
> Costs for everything from childcare to prescription drugs are rising faster
> than wages. It’s no wonder so many Americans feel like the deck is stacked
> in favor of those at the top.
>
>
>
> We’ve got to do better.  We’ve got to get incomes rising again, so more
> hard-working families can afford a middle-class life.  We need strong
> growth… fair growth… and long-term growth.  *That’s* how we’ll achieve
> lasting prosperity – by building an economy that we *all* have a stake
> in, and that works for *everyone*.
>
>
>
> Today, I want to talk about one way we do that:  *by making college
> affordable and available to every American.*
>
>
>
> For millions of Americans, a college degree has been the ticket to a
> better life.  My grandfather worked his entire life in a lace mill – but my
> dad made it to college and was able to start his own small business, and
> that made a huge difference in our lives.  Then my parents scrimped and
> saved for years, so they could send me to a school across the country.
> They knew that they were setting me on the path to a better future.
> College still holds that promise today.  A lot has changed in this country
> – but that hasn’t.
>
>
>
> Across America, parents are starting college funds the day their kids are
> born.  High-schoolers – even middle-schoolers – are taking college prep
> courses and studying for the SAT.  Full-time workers are going to night
> school, even if that means heading straight from an eight-hour shift to a
> pile of homework.  If that’s what it takes to get a better job – to give
> their kids better than they had – then they’ll do it.
>
>
>
> But here’s the problem.  States are slashing education budgets.  Colleges
> keep raising prices.  In-state tuition and fees for public colleges
> increased by *55 percent *between 2003 and 2012.  But your incomes didn’t
> rise by that much, did they?  So families are left facing a painful
> choice.  Either you say, “We just can’t afford it,” and pass up on all the
> opportunities that a degree can offer – or you do whatever it takes to pay
> for it, even if that means going deeply into debt.
>
>
>
> And more and more, that debt is holding people back.  Forty million
> Americans have student loans.  Together, they owe more than a trillion
> dollars.  New Hampshire’s students are carrying the highest debt in the
> country.  And millions of Americans are delinquent or in default.  Even if
> they’re doing everything they can to pay their loans, they just can’t keep
> up.
>
>
>
> The cost of this debt is real – not just on balance sheets, but in
> people’s lives and futures.  I’ve talked to people who have so much student
> debt, they’ve put off buying a house, changing jobs, starting a business –
> even getting married.  I’ve met parents and grandparents who’ve co-signed
> loans and end up draining their savings or ruining their credit – all
> because they did what parents and grandparents are supposed to do – help
> out the next generation.
>
>
>
> There are students who take out loans to pay for an expensive degree from
> a for-profit institution – then graduate and discover that, when it comes
> to finding a job, their degree isn’t worth what they thought it would.
>
>
>
> And the 40 percent of students who never finish college are left with debt
> and no degree to show for it – the worst of both worlds.  And that
> non-completion rate should trouble to all of us.  It’s the highest in the
> developed world.
>
>
>
> College is supposed to help people achieve their dreams.  But more and
> more, it’s pushing people’s dreams further out of reach.  And that’s just
> wrong.  It’s a betrayal of everything college is supposed to represent –
> and everything families have worked so hard to achieve.
>
>
>
> This is also about our national competitiveness.  The rest of the world is
> working as hard as they can to out-do us.  China plans to double the number
> of students enrolled in college by 2030, which means they’ll have nearly
> 200 million college graduates.  That’s more than our entire workforce!
> American workers can out-work and out-innovate anyone in the world – as
> long as they get the training and education they need to compete.
>
>
>
> So we need to make some big changes.  We need to transform how much higher
> education costs – and how those costs get paid.  For too long, families
> have had to bear the burden of soaring prices, underinvestment, and too
> little accountability.
>
>
>
> *It’s time for a new college compact, where everyone does their part.  We
> need to make a quality education affordable and available to everyone
> willing to work for it.*
>
>
>
> I’ve been traveling the country for months, talking to students and
> families, educators, legislators, and experts of every stripe – including
> young progressive activists who’ve put the issue of debt-free college and
> college affordability at the top of the national agenda.
>
>
>
> And today, I’m announcing my plan to put college within reach for
> everyone.  We’re calling it the New College Compact.  And we’re posting it
> on our website, Facebook, Medium, Snapchat – just about everywhere we can
> think of.  I hope you’ll check it out.  But for now, here are the basics.
>
>
>
> Under the New College Compact, schools will have to control their costs
> and show more accountability to their students.
>
>
>
> States will have to meet their obligation to invest in higher education.
>
>
>
> The federal government will never profit off student loans.
>
>
>
> No family – and no student – should have to borrow to pay tuition at a
> public college.
>
>
>
> And everyone who has student debt will be able to refinance it at lower
> rates.
>
>
>
> That’s my plan.  It’s ambitious – and we should be ambitious.  But it’s
> also achievable.  And it would make a big difference in people’s lives.
>
>
>
> My College Compact comes down to two main goals.
>
>
>
> *First, we’ll make sure that cost won’t be a barrier. *
>
>
>
> Under my plan, you’ll never have to take out a loan to pay for tuition at
> an in-state public university.  We’re going to make community college free
> – that’s President Obama’s plan and we’re making it ours too.  We’re
> reforming Pell Grants, so students can use them for living costs as well as
> tuition.  We’re offering special help to college students who are parents,
> because when you help a parent get an education, you’re helping their kids,
> too.
>
>
>
> We’re going to work with historically black colleges and universities,
> because they serve some of America’s brightest students, who need the most
> support and too often have gotten the least of it.  And we’re going to help
> pay for college for students who agree to national service.  If you’re
> willing to tutor America’s kids or clean up our parks, the least we can do
> is support your education.
>
>
>
> *And second, we’ll make sure that debt won’t hold anyone back. *
>
>
>
> Under my plan, every borrower in America who already has student debt will
> get the chance to refinance at lower interest rates.  If you can refinance
> your mortgage or your car loan, you should be able to refinance your
> student loan.
>
>
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> If you do still end up taking out a loan – for example, to go to a private
> college – we’ll cut your interest rates, so the government never makes a
> profit off your loan.
>
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> We’ll make it easier to enroll in income-based repayment programs, so
> you’ll never have to pay more than 10 percent of what you make.
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> We’re going to help borrowers who are in default get back on their feet.
> And we’ll crack down on predatory schools and lenders and bill collectors.
> If you defraud students, overcharge veterans, or mislead borrowers, we’re
> going to do everything we can to stop you.
>
>
>
> There’s a lot more in my College Compact – from encouraging innovations
> like online learning and apprenticeships, so students can earn their degree
> in less time and move straight into a job… to strengthening the G.I. Bill,
> so more of our veterans can get their degree... to making sure colleges
> spending federal dollars on things that benefit students, like teaching and
> research – not marketing campaigns or big salaries for administrators.
>
>
>
> I plan to make college affordability a major issue in this campaign –
> because it’s a major issue for millions of American families.  Here’s the
> bottom line.  An education shouldn’t be something just for those at the
> top.  And it shouldn't be a burden.  An education should be affordable –
> and available – to everyone.
>
>
>
> I remember how proud my parents were when I graduated college.  I remember
> how proud Bill and I were to see Chelsea graduate – I’ll never forget how
> grown-up she looked that day.  And even though my new granddaughter is
> already growing up faster than I’d like, I can’t wait to see her walk
> across a stage someday and receive her diploma. And I know that mothers and
> fathers and grandparents across the country feel the exact same way.
>
>
>
> I want every young person in America to have their shot at that moment.  I
> want every hard-working parent out there to get the chance to see his or
> her child cross a stage – or to cross it themselves.  America should be a
> place where those achievements are possible for anyone who’s willing to
> work hard to do their part.  That’s the country I want to help build – for
> this generation and all the generations to come.
>
>
>
> Thank you very much.  And now, let’s hear from you.
>
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> Ann O'Leary
>
> Senior Policy Advisor
>
> Hillary for America
>
> Cell: 510-717-5518
>
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