pocan. mr. pocan: thank you representative jeffries for your leadership on this issue. your bill, which i'm proud to be a co-sponsor of, and i think it's fair to say the aspiring college students in new york and across the country owe you a good kind of debt for the work that you're doing, thank you so much for continuing to expose what we need to expose, which is the bill before this body tomorrow will cost $10,000 in interest more than it has to. because it is worse than if we simply did nothing and let the loans double on july 1. we need to act. we have bills, like representative jeffries' bill, to do that. i'd like to share one story and introduce a colleague of mine from one wisconsin now. onewisconsinnow.org has collected these stories, this is from a woman in my district, alexandra. let me read what she said. i'm 27, my student loans forbid me from living in a safe neighborhood. i have to live where there's cheap housing and have a roommate. i can't afford a car payment and don't have one

pocan: i would move that we djourn, mr. speaker. the speaker pro tempore: the question is on the motion to adjourn. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. . the [applause] the speaker: members of congress i have the high privilege and istinct honor to you the president: of the republic f korea. [applause] >> speaker boehner, vice president baden, distinguished members of the house and the enate, ladies and gentlemen. i'm privileged to stand in this hamber, hallowed ground of freedom and democracy, to speak about our friendship and our future together. after i arrived in washington the day before yesterday, i went to the korean war memorial near the banks of the potomac. read the words eached in granite. our nation honors her sons and daughters who answer the call to defend our country. they neefer knew and a people they never met. time and again, i'm moved when i read those familiar words. [applause] >> let me express on behalf of the people of the republic of korea our profound gratitude to merica veterans. they are -- their bl

pocan, is recognized for 60 minutes as the designee of the minority leader. mr. pocan: thank you, mr. speaker. i rise on behalf of the congressional progressive caucus. the congressional progressive caucus has been fighting for economic fairness for the middle class and those striving to be in the middle class for this entire country and today we would like to talk specifically about the growing student debt, the skyrocketing student debt that we have in this country. just this past weekend, 6,200 students graduated from the flagship university in my state mitigating circumstance alma mater, u.w. madison. these young people leave madison with new friends, new skills, new knowledge and most importantly, access to increased economic opportunity through their college diploma. students with a bachelor's degree have half the unemployment rate of those with a high school degree and in 2012, students with a bachelor's degree earned almost 80% more than someone with a high school diploma in a similar position. unfortunately, these students are also leaving college with s

pocan, for five minutes. mr. pocan: thank you, madam speaker. i rise today to talk about the most fundamental right we as americans have as citizens of this great country, the right to vote. the right to vote is not just fundamental, it is the right that preserves all of our other liberties that we as americans hold dear. in fact, this right is so fundamental that most americans understandably assume it is already ensh is rhined in the -- enshrined in the constitution. unfortunately, most americans would be wrong. while the right to vote is inherent throughout our founding document, and there are amendments prohibiting discrimination, nothing in the constitution explicitly guarantees our right to vote. we as americans possess no affirmative right to vote. why is this important? because without a constitutional provision, courts have upheld burdensome registration requirements, voter identification laws and reduced early opportunities in states across the country. according to one center, just this year alone, more than 80 restrictive laws have b

he said that's the new congressman from wisconsin mark pocan.hted to meet him then and more delighted to welcome the congressman to the studio in morning. good to see you. >> good to see you, bill. >> bill: that was a good group there, the machinists, they were fired up. >> it is a great group. i'm one of the few une member bees in congress. i'm a member of allied trades and had a printing shop for years. really glad to work with the people who are trying to get us talking about jobs in the economy. >> bill: you have a new president, right? >> yes ken. >> bill: i haven't met him yet. so it is doubly good to have you here. >> bill: congressman, i know you sit on the government representing wisconsin's second congressional district. which includes madison and all of our good friends at 92.1 the mic out of madison proud to be part of their line-up. here you sit on the government oversight and responsibility committee and so you were there for all of these benghazi hearings. yesterday, the white house releasing 100 pages of e-mails. so -- which repu