Honorable Judy Biggert
United States Representative, Illinois, Republican
Representative Biggert, of the Thirteenth District of Illinois, was first elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1998. She served on the Hillsdale, Illinois, Board of Education from 1982 to 1985 and in the Illinois House of Representatives from 1992 to 1998. She sits on the Education and Labor Committee, the Financial Services Committee, and the Science and Technology Committee. The following is from the September 16, 2009, House floor debate on H.R. 3221, the Student Aid and Fiscal Responsibility Act.I rise in opposition to this bill. Sixty years ago, the only student loans available were private loans. Unfortunately,…
