host: brent cohen? thank you. host: brent cohen? guest: absolutely right. the government used to subsidize significantly more the cost of college. the cost of college has risen eight times higher than wages, and get government investment has dropped precipitously over that same time. wages, and get government investment has dropped precipitously over that same time. that is why the crisis is faced today -- crisis faced today is so much different than older generations faced. the context is usually helpful. we were told that was the way to get ahead in this country. that was the way to enter the middle class and upper middle class. yes, that is in fact part of this conversation here. les on the line for those -- caller: good morning. i want to touch base and is forgiving of the debt situation for these college students. have you ever been forgiven for a debt? beeneither one of you ever forgiven for a debt? guest: i have not been forgiven for a debt. caller: my point is that when you are forgiven for the debt from the person that forgives you for that debt, t

brent cohen, what do you want to take from that? >> well, i think young people are going to be 37% of the electorate here going into 2020 when you think of millennials and generation z. i think we have a wealth of candidates up on the stage. what was so impressive about the two nights was the fact we were able to have two days of policy conversation without name calling and without throwing lies which is a pretty significant contrast from where we are with the trump administration. whomever is running for president, what's most important is they're speaking to and connecting with a wide array of people including young voters. >> when you say they're 37% of the electorate, you're not saying that you expect that 37% of those who vote in november of 2020 will be under 35, are you? >> we're saying 37% of millennials and generation z are eligible voters. the question is how do we motivate, engage, turn out folks? the main way to do that i would argue is to speak about the issues that matter most to millennials and generation z and to add

host: brent cohen? guest: absolutely right.overnment used to subsidize significantly more the cost of college. the cost of college has risen eight times higher than wages, and get government investment has dropped precipitously over that same time. that is why the crisis is faced today -- crisis faced today is so much different than older generations faced. the context is usually helpful. we were told that was the way to get ahead in this country. that was the way to enter the middle class and upper middle class. yes, that is in fact part of this conversation here. les on the line for those -- caller: good morning. i want to touch base and is forgiving of the debt situation for these college students. have you ever been forgiven for a debt? beeneither one of you ever forgiven for a debt? guest: i have not been forgiven for a debt. caller: my point is that when you are forgiven for the debt from the person that forgives you for that debt, that is a tax write off. in your name that goes into the -- that will be put on you as the

bread: joins us -- brent cohen joins us. he serves as director of generation progress action.uest: it is the young adult education abacus c-arm of the center for american progress. towork with 18-35-year-olds advance progressive solutions to the most pressing problems facing the nation and our generation. will be talking about generations, the millennial generation and generation

and then brent cohen will join us and talk about the youth vote.e sure to join c-span's "washington journal" at 7:00. >> there has been discussion about an appearance before congress. any testimony from this office would not go beyond our report. findings andur analysis and the reasons for the decisions we made. we chose those words carefully, and the word speaks for itself. in the report is my testimony. i would not provide information beyond that number which is notady public, -- i would provide information young that which is already public. >> at 9:00 eastern, robert mueller gives testimony to the house judiciary committee. then later he will be at the house intelligence committee. it will air live on c-span 3, online at c-span.org, or listen with the free c-span radio app. harrisnia senator kamala took her presidential campaign to des moines, iowa wednesday for a town hall meeting. topics included health care, teacher pay, and the situation in dissent -- detention centers at the u.s.-mexico borders. this is just over an hour. [applause] >>, --