#WHChat: #DontDoubleMyRate with Mark Zuckerman
Today, President Obama spoke about the need for Congress to take action to prevent student loan interest rates from doubling on July 1st. Following the President's remarks, Mark Zuckerman, Deputy Director of the Domestic Policy Council, answered questions about college affordability on Twitter.
President Obama: "If you tweet, use the hashtag #DontDoubleMyRate...Keep it up. Let's get this done." youtu.be/lg3kqDfsLFs
Obama: "If Congress fails to act, more than 7M students will suddenly be hit with the equivalent of a $1,000 tax hike" #DontDoubleMyRate- Starting at 2:30ET: Mark Zuckerman answers your questions on student loans, college affordability & #DontDoubleMyRate. Ask now w/ #WHChat.
- POTUS was just in the East Room calling on Congress to keep student interest rates low. Who wants to help him? #dontdoublemyrate #whchat
- .@QDColeman We need Congress to act, but there are still ways to lower payments on student loans. More here: 1.usa.gov/2MA9K #whchat
- We tried to answer your ?s on college affordability #WhileTwitterWasDown. Sorry we had to cut office hours short...
