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Help for Teachers and Students
August 13, 2010
Dear Friends,
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Hello. This is Congressman Charles Rangel.
I'm pleased to tell you that more than 500 teachers in our Upper Manhattan district will be able to keep their jobs, thanks to President Obama's enactment of the $26 billion jobs bill on August 10. We saved 8,200 teachers in the state of New York, and 160,000 teachers nationwide before students return to school.
SPECIAL TRIBUTE
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Please join me in honoring the hundreds of fallen heroes from New York State and Puerto Rico. Among them, 78 were from the five boroughs of NYC: 29 from Queens County, 24 from Brooklyn, and 16 from Manhattan. Upper Manhattan has lost five of its sons, 4 from Washington Heights and 1 from East Harlem.
Social Security turns 75 on August 14.
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Now more than ever, Americans need affordable, quality education opportunities to help make our economy strong and competitive again.
Yet students are graduating from college with more debt than ever before. And many would-be students are holding off on going to college, or skipping it altogether, because they don’t believe they can afford it.
That's why my Democratic colleagues and I have worked so hard to make college affordable for our students. By boosting scholarships and reducing loan and tuition costs, we're making an historic investment in America’s college students, our nation's economic competitiveness, and its future, while maintaining fiscal responsibility.
The Student Aid and Fiscal Responsibility Act will help realize President Obama's goal of producing the most college graduates by 2020. It invests $36 billion over 10 years to increase the maximum annual Pell Grant scholarship to $5,550 this year and $2.55 billion in historically black colleges and universities and minority-serving Institutions to provide students with the support they need to stay in school and graduate. It will increase funding for community colleges to develop and improve educational or career training programs.
Most importantly, we've worked to provide reliable, affordable, high-quality federal student loans for all families. And in the process, we are keeping jobs in America. Under the bill, 100 percent of Direct Loans will be serviced by private lenders -- working in the U.S. Last year, Sallie Mae was forced to bring 2,000 jobs back to U.S. to win a direct loan servicing contract.
So you see, lending a hand to help teachers and students to keep their jobs or stay in school ultimately benefit us all. I believe our current education system and the economy can improve, and I will not stop fighting until they do.
To hear more about what I'm doing in Washington for you and hard working families in America, please go to my website at www.rangel.house.gov. You can also receive timely updates and engage with me on my Facebook page.
Have a fun and safe summer!
Charles B. Rangel
P.S. The week of August 16th is Consumer Protection Week. Please look out for my next email which will contain valuable information on what changes will take into effect as a result of the Patient’s Bill of Rights (Affordable Care Act), and the Credit Cardholders’ Bill of Rights.
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