Fewer and fewer middleclass families were eligible for grants or for loans. and those who did qualify for aid were burdened with mountains of debt. Universal access to education is a foundation of our democratic system. If education is available only to the rich or to the very poor. our democracy and our country are compromised. Mr. Chairman. I come from a working middleclass family. My dad came to this country as an immigrant and could not speak the language. As a matter of fact. he left school in the seventh grade because his teachers and his classmates laughed at him because he could not speak the language. My mother worked in the sweatshops in New Haven.
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