5:09 PM: Chelsea Clinton stops at Marquette, UW-Madison
Chelsea Clinton made a pitch to college students in Milwaukee and Madison today, stressing her mother's work to make college more affordable while also touting her stance on health care and the war in Iraq.
Clinton participated in question and answer sessions during her stops at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Marquette University, and the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
She stressed how proud she was of her mother and the strides Hillary Clinton has taken toward getting a handle on rising tuition rates, increasing Pell grants and working on universal health care bill.
The UWM student session focused on the threat of rising tuition and paying back student loans.
Chelsea explained that her mom has "proposed something that is much more comprehensive and that she is also committed to paying for it." Clinton's plan is to double the maximum Pell grant and expand tax credits for families with children in school.
Clinton also wants to have students sign a contract to lock them into a single loan interest rate and simplify the Free Application for Federal Student Aid form to a check box on tax forms.
At both sessions Chelsea talked about the DREAM Act that would allow law abiding children of undocumented immigrants to attend college. Hillary Clinton is a co-sponsor.
Questions from Marquette student focused on ending the Iraq war and universal health care.
She talked about her mother's plan to start troop withdrawal within 60 days of taking office.
Chelsea spoke extensively to both groups of students about universal health care, how it would be funded and how it would work.
Her mother is interested in not only making sure that everyone has health care that is affordable for them, but that they have mental health and dental health coverage. The cost would be set by the number of people in the pool.
Chelsea continued that people with health care are more likely to get ailments checked before it becomes a problem. "I think that is a really important element to think about," before they look at an expansion of healthcare or a universal health plan.
Marquette events organizers said that 125 people attended the sit down session.
In Madison, Chelsea said her mother is "the most fiscally conservative candidate" in the presidential election.
"She's the only one who tells you how she'll pay for everything," she said at the student union.
Clinton drew 500 to the event. Three hundred packed the room, with another 200 sent to an overflow area. The rally did draw one protester, a young man in the front of the room holding a homemade sign reading, "Hillary Is Pro-War."
The man asked Chelsea if her mother had "shown remorse for her vote that cost 1 million Iraqis their lives." Clinton replied that her mother "of course like many of us wishes she knew what would happen afterwards," but said she is proud of her mother for being the first person to write to the Pentagon to ask them if they have a plan to end the war.
Another student, a veteran who just received notice she will be returning for a tour in Iraq, asked what Sen. Clinton would do to make sure the call-ups don't continue.
"End the war, for one," Chelsea replied. "If she could have ended the war yesterday, she would have."
She said her mother will "unequivocally" end the No Child Left Behind program.
Chelsea also said Sen. Clinton is the candidate talking most about expanding civil rights to gays and equal pay for women and minorities. Clinton would immediately extend domestic partner benefits to all 9 million federal employees, Chelsea said, and end the military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy.
Clinton wold also work to change the federal tax code, which Chelsea said currently constitutes "discrimination" against same-sex couples, and will work to strengthen hate crime legislation.
On Tuesday, Clinton will hold a campaign event at the Cartwright Center at UW-La Crosse at 11 a.m., followed by a 3 p.m. event at the Davies Center at UW-Eau Claire.
-- By Samantha Hernandez and Greg Bump
Clinton participated in question and answer sessions during her stops at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Marquette University, and the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
She stressed how proud she was of her mother and the strides Hillary Clinton has taken toward getting a handle on rising tuition rates, increasing Pell grants and working on universal health care bill.
The UWM student session focused on the threat of rising tuition and paying back student loans.
Chelsea explained that her mom has "proposed something that is much more comprehensive and that she is also committed to paying for it." Clinton's plan is to double the maximum Pell grant and expand tax credits for families with children in school.
Clinton also wants to have students sign a contract to lock them into a single loan interest rate and simplify the Free Application for Federal Student Aid form to a check box on tax forms.
At both sessions Chelsea talked about the DREAM Act that would allow law abiding children of undocumented immigrants to attend college. Hillary Clinton is a co-sponsor.
Questions from Marquette student focused on ending the Iraq war and universal health care.
She talked about her mother's plan to start troop withdrawal within 60 days of taking office.
Chelsea spoke extensively to both groups of students about universal health care, how it would be funded and how it would work.
Her mother is interested in not only making sure that everyone has health care that is affordable for them, but that they have mental health and dental health coverage. The cost would be set by the number of people in the pool.
Chelsea continued that people with health care are more likely to get ailments checked before it becomes a problem. "I think that is a really important element to think about," before they look at an expansion of healthcare or a universal health plan.
Marquette events organizers said that 125 people attended the sit down session.
In Madison, Chelsea said her mother is "the most fiscally conservative candidate" in the presidential election.
"She's the only one who tells you how she'll pay for everything," she said at the student union.
Clinton drew 500 to the event. Three hundred packed the room, with another 200 sent to an overflow area. The rally did draw one protester, a young man in the front of the room holding a homemade sign reading, "Hillary Is Pro-War."
The man asked Chelsea if her mother had "shown remorse for her vote that cost 1 million Iraqis their lives." Clinton replied that her mother "of course like many of us wishes she knew what would happen afterwards," but said she is proud of her mother for being the first person to write to the Pentagon to ask them if they have a plan to end the war.
Another student, a veteran who just received notice she will be returning for a tour in Iraq, asked what Sen. Clinton would do to make sure the call-ups don't continue.
"End the war, for one," Chelsea replied. "If she could have ended the war yesterday, she would have."
She said her mother will "unequivocally" end the No Child Left Behind program.
Chelsea also said Sen. Clinton is the candidate talking most about expanding civil rights to gays and equal pay for women and minorities. Clinton would immediately extend domestic partner benefits to all 9 million federal employees, Chelsea said, and end the military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy.
Clinton wold also work to change the federal tax code, which Chelsea said currently constitutes "discrimination" against same-sex couples, and will work to strengthen hate crime legislation.
On Tuesday, Clinton will hold a campaign event at the Cartwright Center at UW-La Crosse at 11 a.m., followed by a 3 p.m. event at the Davies Center at UW-Eau Claire.
-- By Samantha Hernandez and Greg Bump
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