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June 7, 1995 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks E 1167

OUR COMMITMENT TO HIGHER

EDUCATION: A VIEW FROM THE

‘‘TRENCHES’’

HON. ROBERT E. ANDREWS OF NEW JERSEY

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Wednesday, June 7, 1995

Mr. ANDREWS. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to

commend to my colleagues an article in The

Record of Hackensack written by Dr. Robert

A. Scott, President of Ramapo College in

Mahwah, New Jersey. In his article Dr. Scott

advocates the importance of maintaining student loan funding while also encouraging alternatives such as college work study programs.

Dr. Scott has committed his professional life to

the betterment of higher education. I am proud

to relay that this commitment was first developed during his undergraduate experience at

my alma mater, Bucknell University. I greatly respect the accomplishments and

commitment of Dr. Scott and recommend his

article to all interested in higher education.

[From The Record, Hackensack, NJ, Apr. 10,

1995]

DON’T UNDERCUT OUR COMMITMENT TO HIGHER

EDUCATION

(By Robert A. Scott)

The House of Representatives has voted to

cut more than $200 million in funding for

higher education. These cuts and some promises in the Contract With America contain

elements that could seriously weaken our

commitment to social mobility and civic

stability through higher education. For more than 200 years, higher education

has been an important strategy for population dispersal, scientific agriculture and

food production, services to less populated

regions, veteran’s readjustment, advancement of the middle class, national defense,

and upward mobility for low-income, urban,

and rural citizens.

One of the proposals introduced by the

House is to eliminate the in-school interest

exemption on federal loans, an important

feature of student loan programs for four

decades, and a multimillion-dollar form of

federal assistance to New Jersey college students. Interest exemptions are essential

while students are enrolled in college. Loans

are a part of a package of aid consisting of

campus work, grants, and both student and

family contributions, all of which require

sacrifice.

The consequences of charging debt service

while a student is in college, or charging for

the in-school portion of debt service after a

student has left college, are encouraging

part-time study, thus delaying career entry;

encouraging even greater loans, in order to

pay the increased debt service; or delaying

college entry entirely.

I believe we rely on loans too much and

that we should streamline our financial system. But the House Republicans propose to

eliminate some of the best alternatives to

loans, such as work study. We should put

greater priority on College Work Study as an

alternative to student loans. After all, pursuit of a college education is a good investment.

Over the past 20 years, federally subsidized

loan volume has increased more than 2,000

percent while College Work Study has remained constant. Yet work study results in

positive student learning experiences, bonding with adults who value education, no loan

defaults, payment for services rendered, discipline in meeting obligations, and assistance to colleges trying to provide service

with reduced public support. Cuts in work

study are a serious mistake because they affect society for decades.

I understand and recognize the need to

streamline the national budget, and especially to reduce the deficit, but I strongly

disagree with proposals to reduce opportunities for college.

From coast to coast, students are facing

reduced prospects. In Virginia, state officials

are trying to conceive ways to accommodate

68,000 more college-eligible students with

less state support. In California, policy-makers are trying to plan for an additional

300,000 college-eligible students with fewer

resources.

To cope with recent cutbacks, spaces for

nearly 200,000 students were eliminated, thus

making a potential of 500,000 students seeking higher education in a shrinking system.

Many of these students are from minority

groups, which are underrepresented in today’s colleges and universities.

How sad it is that the federal government

now seems bent on reducing access to upward mobility. This, after all, will be the result if student financial aid is reduced and

college access is dependent more on the ability to pay than on the ability to learn.

The House position is a mistake. We should

keep college affordable. We should stop the

growth in loans, and start the growth in

jobs. Work study is beneficial to students,

colleges, and the community. And it is much

wiser than simply cutting the $20 million inschool interest exemption, which helped provide college access to 163,000 New Jersey residents this year.

TRIBUTE TO BEN WAXMAN

fHON. HENRY A. WAXMAN OF CALIFORNIA

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Wednesday, June 7, 1995

Mr. WAXMAN. Mr. Speaker, I ask you and

my colleagues to join me in saluting my dear

uncle, Ben Waxman, on his 80th birthday

which will be celebrated on June 11, 1995 at

the home of his deeply devoted daughter and

son-in-law, Audrey and Jerry Sandler, in Boca

Raton, FL.

Ben Waxman was born 80 years ago in

Montreal, Canada. Before he retired to Florida,

he was a long-time resident of the Los Angeles area as a distinguished attorney, philanthropist, Democratic Party activist, and community leader.

Ben earned his law degree at the Southwestern Law School Night Program and he

developed a thriving law practice. Prior to his

legal career, he worked with his brother Al S.

Waxman as a journalist and editor for the Los

Angeles Reporter. Ben always had great concern for public policy and he contributed to his

community in myriad ways. He was a leader

in the B’nai B’rith, he belonged to the Masonic

Order, and he diligently worked on behalf of

the Shriner’s Children’s Hospital.

Loving parents of twin sons, David and the

late Joel, Ben and his wife Muriel were among

the most active participants in the Questers

organization. The Questers successfully developed techniques for allowing the developmentally disabled and others to realize their maximum potential through innovative programs for

independent living. Joel and David, as well as

David’s wife Sherry Waxman, were active in

this group.

As a Democratic Party activist, Ben was especially close to the late Vice President Hubert

Humphrey. He and Muriel were his special

guests at the inauguration of President Lyndon

Johnson and Vice President Humphrey in

1965.

Since his retirement, Ben has found a most

useful role for his decades of legal experience

and longstanding concern for youth. He serves

as a volunteer referee with the Boca Raton

courts, working to keep juveniles out of the

criminal justice system and in school and involved in productive community service.

Among the friends and relatives who will

celebrate Ben’s birthday are his devoted sister-in-law, Sandi Steinberg; Sandi’s sons,

Rusty, Michael, and Andy, who will be coming

from Los Angeles; Muriel’s sister, Shirley

Rosenbloom, who will be coming from St.

Paul, MN; Ben’s son, David, and his daughterin-law, Sherry from Portland, OR; and Ben’s

adored granddaughters, Carrie and Lisa.

The hostess of this celebration will be Ben’s

beloved wife, Muriel, who has been his trusted

help-mate, inspiration, and greatest strength

for five decades.

Mr. Speaker, I ask you and my colleagues

to join me in congratulating Ben Waxman on

this momentous occasion and in wishing him

happiness, good health, and the energy to

continue his humanitarian work.

HONORING THOMAS E. M

f CEWAN

HON. BILL BAKER OF CALIFORNIA

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Wednesday, June 7, 1995

Mr. BAKER of California. Mr. Speaker, if

anyone wonders about America’s ability to

compete in the world marketplace, they need

look no further than Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. The Lawrence Livermore

Lab has been on the leading edge of technology research for decades, and is continuing

this tradition today.

Recently, one of the Lawrence Livermore

Lab’s key researchers received a most prestigious award here on Capitol Hill. Thomas E.

McEwan was given the Distinguished Inventor

Award by the Intellectual Property Owners organization for his invention of an ultra-band

radar motion sensor. Called radar on a chip by

Popular Science magazine, the device fits on

a 1.5 inch square circuit board and transmits