The need for a college education is even more important now than it was before, but I think that the increased costs are a very severe obstacle to access. It is an American dream, and I think that one of our challenges is to find a way to make that available.

His son Paul Romer is an economist and his son Chris Romer was elected to a Colorado State Senate seat from Denver in November 2006. Romer received a bachelor's degree in agricultural economics from Colorado State University in 1950 where he served for one year as President of the Associated Students of Colorado State University. Romer served as national vice chair of the Democratic Leadership Council and was a national co-chairman of the Clinton-Gore '96 campaign.

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