and other consumer products can do that disclosure so can an agency that regulates nuclear reactors and we have bipartisan support for this. going forward will each of you commit to providing advance notice of your meetings and your travel and providing information about the topics intended to be discussed at each meeting? starting with the chairman. i commits to providing to the degree that i can because my schedule changes on a daily and sometimes hourly basis and as i sure does yours. certainly for my travel advance notice of my travel and other meetings to the degree that i can. commission or svinicki. spare would request the opportunity to respond for the record. i won t have any trouble doing that. at my confirmation hearing i promise to make my calendar available. i have done that from the moment i have been on the commission that i have published my calendar continuously and i have not made a practice of putting a lot of detail on my calendar. thank you beca
people have to turn to student loans to help finance their education. in just a few moments you will hear from britney jones. she s going to be talking about how taking out student loans made it possible for her to get a college degree and britney i d look forward to hearing more about your experiences. you were to start a teaching career and the same time paying down the student loan the but later college. of course britney is not alone. dealing with overbearing student debt is becoming a reality for growing number of americans. statistics are staggering. today the average college graduate will have to pay back around $30,000 in student loans and a record number of young households owe student debt. back in 1989, 16% of young households have student debt. by 2010 that figure had more than doubled according to the pew research center. more young people than ever before are dealing with more student debt than ever before and that can have lasting consequences. americans who to
and let us know what you think about the programs you re watching. call us at 202-626-3400. or e-mail us at comments@c-span.org. join the c-span conversation. like us on facebook, follow us on twitter. the senate budget committee held a hearing recently on student loan debt which, according to the consumer financial protection bureau, is over $1 trillion. lawmakers examined the impact of student loans on borrowers, career choice and the larger economy. witnesses included the consumer financial protection bureau s student ombudsman, a recent graduate and economic scholar richard vedder. this is about 90 minutes. [inaudible conversations] this hearing will come to order. i want to thank senate johnson senator johnson who is filling in today for my ranking member, senator sessions, welcome to you and all of our colleagues who are joining us today as well as a room full. welcome to all of you on a really important topic today. we are going to be talking about a challenge
mr. president, mr. prime minister, madam mayor, heads of states, and government, past and present, including the man wo jumped that ship beyond a reasonable doubt wall to lead a strike that became a movement the prisoner turned president who transformed this nation thank you for your outstanding eadership. distinguished guests, people of poland, thank you for your extraordinary welcome and for the privilege of joining you here today. i bring with me the greetings and friendship of the american people. and of my hometown of chicago, home to so many proud polish americans. in chicago we think of ourselves as a little piece of poland. in some neighborhoods you only hear polish. the faithful come together at hurches. we have a parade for polish constitution day. and every summer we celebrate the tastes and we re all a little bit polish for that day. so being here with you it feels like home. now, 25 years ago today we witnessed a scene that at once seemed impossible. an electio
house is in at noon eastern for general speeches. 2:00 p.m., members were welcome suspension bills including legislation providing more accountability in the veterans affairs department and to reauthorize nasa programs. debate on legislation spending for 2015 transportation and housing programs. at senate begin their day 2:00 p.m. eastern. general speeches first. then senators will vote to move forward on three district judge nominations for virginia, massachusetts, and nevada. you can see the house here on c-span. president obama today is set to issue an executive order aimed at easing student borrowers debt load by capping repayments and 10% of their monthly income. the order would expand on a 2010 but leftcap repayments a hole in eligibility for people with older loans. left out of that relief for people that borrow before 2007 or stop borrowing by 2011. student loan debt reached more than a trillion dollars last year, an amount that has economist concerned, saying it is h