Ro Khanna, a Democrat, represents California’s 17th Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives.
Student loan debt is personal to me.
When I was younger, I took out more than $100,000 in student loans to pay for higher education. After graduation, I struggled to make monthly payments and had to take a year forbearance, digging myself deeper into debt. I have repaid my loans thanks to promising career opportunities and good fortune, but I understand the anxiety student loan debt causes. I don’t want others who haven’t gotten the same breaks I did to struggle and feel that the American Dream is out of reach. Millions of Americans who took out student loans and paid them off feel the same way I do. We are not a nation of Scrooges.
