Less than 24 hours after they learned that their party had swept back into control of the U.S. House of Representatives, Democratic leaders said on Wednesday that they would move quickly next year to pass legislation to make college more affordable for students and their families.
“We will invest in our schools, colleges, and students so that every child has an opportunity to succeed and so that America maintains its economic leadership in the world,” Rep. George Miller of California said in a news release announcing his plans to seek the chairmanship of the House Committee on Education and the Workforce, the panel on which he currently is the ranking Democrat.