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Kline, Foxx Joint Statement on the Administration's Federal Student Aid Announcement

Statement

Date: Sept. 14, 2015
Location: Washington, DC
Issues: Higher Education

House Education and the Workforce Committee Chairman John Kline (R-MN) and Higher Education and Workforce Training Subcommittee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following joint statement regarding the administration's change to the Free Application for Federal Student Aid, or FAFSA:

Streamlining the federal student aid process has long been a bipartisan priority. This change will help students and families make smarter, more timely decisions about paying for a college education. But make no mistake, this announcement comes at a cost to taxpayers, and it seems the administration has no responsible plan to pay for it. We need reforms to higher education that serve the best interests of both students and taxpayers, and the best way to achieve that goal is to reform the law. That continues to be our priority, and, as we have said repeatedly, it's time the administration joined that effort.


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