And a basic promise. A nation that rewards the effort and determination of every single american. So the least among us shall have an equal chance to achieve the greatest things. And the doors of Higher Education will be open to all. No matter what your circumstances or where you are, you are part of the life of our great nation. Its one thing all our president s agree on, each in their own unique way. [patriotic music winds down] have a good life. We will see you soon. And to get that good life, all we had to do was follow the Instruction Manual on how to do the right thing. Study hard, be nice to your brother. Get him go to college, graduate, and voila, achieve the American Dream. But at some point. [clattering] the us economy shrinking. Theyre not getting married. Theyre not getting homes. Theyre not getting jobs. Weve been looking at 40 years of flat wages. Those doors to opportunity got harder to open. [light laughter] this is a big one staggering debt from Student Loans. Today, t
and a basic promise. - a nation that rewards the effort and determination of every single american. - so the least among us shall have an equal chance to achieve the greatest things. - and the doors of higher education will be open to all. - no matter what your circumstances or where you are, you are part of the life of our great nation. - it s one thing all our presidents agree on, each in their own unique way. [patriotic music winds down] - have a good life. we will see you soon. - and to get that good life, all we had to do was follow the instruction manual on how to do the right thing. study hard, be nice to your brother. - get him! - go to college, graduate, and voila, achieve the american dream. but at some point. [clattering] - the us economy shrinking. - they re not getting married. they re not getting homes. they re not getting jobs. - we ve been looking at 40 years of flat wages. - those doors to opportunity got harder to open. [light laughter] - this is a big one
and a basic promise. - a nation that rewards the effort and determination of every single american. - so the least among us shall have an equal chance to achieve the greatest things. - and the doors of higher education will be open to all. - no matter what your circumstances or where you are, you are part of the life of our great nation. - it s one thing all our presidents agree on, each in their own unique way. [patriotic music winds down] - have a good life. we will see you soon. - and to get that good life, all we had to do was follow the instruction manual on how to do the right thing. study hard, be nice to your brother. - get him! - go to college, graduate, and voila, achieve the american dream. but at some point. [clattering] - the us economy shrinking. - they re not getting married. they re not getting homes. they re not getting jobs. - we ve been looking at 40 years of flat wages. - those doors to opportunity got harder to open. [light laughter] - this is a big one
and a basic promise. - a nation that rewards the effort and determination of every single american. - so the least among us shall have an equal chance to achieve the greatest things. - and the doors of higher education will be open to all. - no matter what your circumstances or where you are, you are part of the life of our great nation. - it s one thing all our presidents agree on, each in their own unique way. [patriotic music winds down] - have a good life. we will see you soon. - and to get that good life, all we had to do was follow the instruction manual on how to do the right thing. study hard, be nice to your brother. - get him! - go to college, graduate, and voila, achieve the american dream. but at some point. [clattering] - the us economy shrinking. - they re not getting married. they re not getting homes. they re not getting jobs. - we ve been looking at 40 years of flat wages. - those doors to opportunity got harder to open. [light laughter] - this is a big one
so there must have been a lot of good stuff in this bill because it passed unanimously. what are some of the highlights about the bill that you re maybe most proud of? - so i love title ii. i mean, as a recovering teacher myself. - jane s going to get pretty deep into technical jargon here. - and we thought sfa should be a pbo. - but the takeaway is that there were a lot of programs that helped teachers. - additional professional development. - and kids. and they were smart about a bunch of things. - in 1998, nobody was thinking about distance learning. - but. all right, i m gonna ask you about one particular provision that some feel has not aged well. - okay. - okay? two lines were inserted into that multi-hundred-page bill that made it so that federal student loans cannot be discharged through bankruptcy, making it basically one of the only debts that you cannot get rid of through bankruptcy. - so now you re going to get into the weeds of the sausage-making that is legislation.