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April 30, 2019
Supporting the Protection of Elders Through Financial Literacy
Rep. Bill Foster
April 30, 2019
Letter to various high school principles - Durbin Enlists Illinois Education Professionals To Sound The Alarm On For-Profit Colleges
Sen. Dick Durbin
April 30, 2019
Supporting the Protection of Elders Through Financial Literacy
Rep. Sean Casten
April 25, 2019
Letter to the Hon. Betsy DeVos, Secretary of Education - Kaine & Whitehouse Call On Devos To Fix Missteps With Implementation Of TEPSLF Program
Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
April 18, 2019
Letter to Betsy DeVos, Secretary of Education - Duckworth Demands Answers from Secretary DeVos After Trump Administration's Refusal to Implement Rule to Address Racial Discrimination in Special Education
Sen. Ladda Duckworth, ...
April 17, 2019
Letter to Secretary DeVos Secretary of Education - After Department Of Education Refuses To Implement Rule for Students of Color, Brown Is Demanding Answers from Secretary DeVos
Sen. Ladda Duckworth, ...
April 16, 2019
Durbin, Duckworth Introduce New Bill To Overhaul Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program
Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
April 16, 2019
Tweet - "For-profit colleges aggressively recruit veterans to take advantage of GI Bill funding. If Sec DeVos & Pres Trump care about our vets, they wouldn't let these deadbeat schools steal their hard-earned funding & leave them with a worthless degree:"
Sen. Dick Durbin
April 15, 2019
Duckworth, Durbin Introduce New Bill to Overhaul Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program
Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
April 11, 2019
Durbin, Wicker, Leahy Reintroduce Legislation To Promote Study Abroad
Sen. Dick Durbin
April 11, 2019
Durbin, Wicker, Leahy Reintroduce Legislation To Promote Study Abroad
Sen. Dick Durbin
April 10, 2019
Bipartisan Group Introduces Legislation to Improve Reentry and Economic Growth by Restoring Pell Grants to The Incarcerated
Rep. Danny Davis, ...
April 9, 2019
Schatz, Lee, Durbin Introduce Bipartisan Legislation To Restore Educational Opportunities For Those Incarcerated And Improve Public Safety
Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
April 5, 2019
Letter to the Hon. Kathleen Kraninger, Director of the Consumer Finance Protection Bureau - Senators Warren, Brown, and Colleagues Question CFPB's Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program Oversight Failure
Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
April 4, 2019
Tweet - "I've said it before and I'll say it again--Wells Fargo is a bad deal for college students. @uspirg found Wells has a fourth of campus debit card accounts but half of total fees paid by students."
Sen. Dick Durbin
April 4, 2019
Durbin, King, Smith, Sinema, Neguse Introduce Bicameral Legislation To Help Make College Textbooks More Affordable
Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
April 3, 2019
Duckworth Joins Reed, Coons, Larson & Colleagues in Introducing Bill to Expand and Promote Opportunities for National Service
Sen. Ladda Duckworth, ...
April 3, 2019
Senators Strive to Protect Student Borrowers & Hold Colleges & Universities Accountable for Student Debt
Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
April 3, 2019
Tweet - "@BetsyDeVosEd is failing to provide $700 million Congress intended for student debt relief to public servants. Teachers, firefighters, nurses and their families deserve the relief they earned."
Sen. Dick Durbin
April 2, 2019
Tweet - "Glad to have the support of 56 higher ed, student, veteran, and consumer protection organizations on the #PROTECTstudents Act. Speaking on the floor this afternoon with @SenatorHassan about this bill, and why it must be part of #HEA."
Sen. Dick Durbin
April 2, 2019
Durbin: End Forced Arbitration & Give Students Defrauded By For-Profit Colleges Their Day In Court
Sen. Dick Durbin
April 1, 2019
Ahead of National Service Recognition Day, Reed, Larson, Coons, Duckworth & Members of Congress Call for ACTION to Expand Opportunities for National Service
Sen. Ladda Duckworth, ...
April 1, 2019
Tweet - "52,122: the number of new borrower defense claims submitted to @usedgov by defrauded borrowers between 6/30/18 and 12/31/18."
Sen. Dick Durbin
March 28, 2019
Durbin Slams Devos For Cut To Special Olympics, Delayed Relief For Defrauded For-Profit College Students, And Public Service Loan Forgiveness Elimination
Sen. Dick Durbin
March 26, 2019
Durbin And Hassan Introduce Comprehensive Legislation To Protect Students And Taxpayers From Predatory Higher Education Practices
Sen. Dick Durbin
March 26, 2019
Tweet - "Did you know that for-profit colleges enroll just 9% of all postsecondary students but account for 34% of all federal student loan defaults?"
Sen. Dick Durbin
March 25, 2019
Letter to the Hon. Betsy DeVos, Secretary of Education - Underwood Presses DeVos on Department of Education Failure to Appropriately Respond to Those Who Default on Student Loans
Rep. Lauren Underwood
March 22, 2019
Mitchell and Krishnamoorthi Respond to Trump Administration's Support of College Transparency
Rep. Subramanian Krishnamoorthi, ...
March 21, 2019
Tweet - "Giving students the ability to refinance their student loans at lower and more affordable interest rates would help millions of student borrowers save money. Congress must do more to address the student loan debt crisis in America. Proud to support this bill."
Sen. Dick Durbin
March 20, 2019
Duckworth, Durbin Re-Introduce Bill to Help Americans Refinance Student Loans and Save Thousands of Dollars
Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
March 14, 2019
Mitchell, Krishnamoorthi, Stefanik, Harder Introduce Bipartisan College Transparency Act
Rep. Subramanian Krishnamoorthi, ...
March 13, 2019
Durbin, Duckworth, Foster, McMorris Rodgers Introduce Bicameral Bill To Support Military Families By Fixing Inconsistency In GI Bill Benefit
Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
March 13, 2019
Hearing of the Labor, Health And Human Services, Education, And Related Agencies Subcommittee for the House Appropriations Committee - Sen. Durbin Testimony, Hearing on Oversight of For-Profit Colleges: Protecting Students and Taxpayer Dollars
Sen. Dick Durbin
March 11, 2019
Durbin Statement On For-Profit Argosy University's Imminent Closure
Sen. Dick Durbin
March 11, 2019
Letter to the Hon. Betsy DeVos, Secretary of Education - Durbin, Smith, Sinema, Senators Urge Department Of Education To Immediately Assist Argosy University Students
Sen. Ladda Duckworth, ...
March 8, 2019
Tweet - "After wasting millions of tax dollars and crippling thousands of students with debt, another phony for-profit university, Argosy, is expected to imminently close its doors. When will this Administration stop subsidizing these worthless vultures?"
Sen. Dick Durbin
March 7, 2019
Congressman Jesús "Chuy" García Calls on Consumer Director to Address Discrimination on Student Loans
Rep. Chuy Garcia
March 6, 2019
Schatz, Pocan Reintroduce Legislation to End Student Loan Debt Crisis
Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
March 6, 2019
Tweet - "Cumulative student loan debt in America amounts to more than $1.5 trillion. I've joined @BrianSchatz to reintroduce a bill that would help reverse growing student loan debt. If we don't do something, we risk losing a generation of economic growth."
Sen. Dick Durbin
March 6, 2019
Durbin Reintroduces Bill To End Student Loan Debt Crisis
Sen. Dick Durbin
March 4, 2019
Letter to Chairman Jay Clayton - Senator Warren and Colleagues Demand Answers on Shamefully Weak SEC Settlement with Corinthian College Executives
Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
March 1, 2019
Tweet - "Students who were hung out to dry by deadbeat for-profit schools, with mountains of loan debt, should be allowed to hold these schools accountable in court. I've intro'd the CLASS Act w/ @RepMaxineWaters. It ends mandatory arbitration in for-profit college enrollment agreements."
Sen. Dick Durbin
Feb. 28, 2019
Durbin, Waters Re-Introduce Bill To Give Students Defrauded By For-Profit Colleges Their Day In Court
Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
Feb. 27, 2019
Underwood's Education and Labor Committee Approves Equal Pay and Public School Infrastructure Legislation
Rep. Lauren Underwood
Feb. 27, 2019
Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi's Help Students Vote Act Added To H.R.1, Passes House Administration Committee
Rep. Subramanian Krishnamoorthi
Feb. 25, 2019
Tweet - ".@rosadelauro and I have called on the Dept. of Ed. Inspector General to investigate the missing student aid funds and @BetsyDeVosED's handling of Dream Center case: https://www.durbin.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/durbin-and-delauro-call-for-oig-investigation-into-department-of-educations-handling-of-dream-center-transaction-possible-misuse-of-federal-funds- "
Sen. Dick Durbin
Feb. 21, 2019
Letter to the Hon. Betsy DeVos, Secretary of Education - Cortez Masto, Senators Condemn DeVos' Inaction To Relieve Student Debt, Punish Colleges' Predatory Practices
Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
Feb. 19, 2019
Letter to the Hon. Sandra D. Bruce, Acting Inspector General at the U.S. Department of Education - Durbin & Delauro Call For OIG Investigation Into Department Of Education's Handling Of Dream Center Transaction, Possible Misuse Of Federal Funds
Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
Feb. 8, 2019
Bost Backs Bipartisan Bill to Address Rising Student Loan Debt
Rep. Mike Bost
Feb. 7, 2019
Durbin Meets With Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell
Sen. Dick Durbin
Date
Title
Politician
April 30, 2019
Supporting the Protection of Elders Through Financial Literacy
Rep.Bill Foster
April 30, 2019
Letter to various high school principles - Durbin Enlists Illinois Education Professionals To Sound The Alarm On For-Profit Colleges
Sen.Dick Durbin
April 30, 2019
Supporting the Protection of Elders Through Financial Literacy
Rep.Sean Casten
April 25, 2019
Letter to the Hon. Betsy DeVos, Secretary of Education - Kaine & Whitehouse Call On Devos To Fix Missteps With Implementation Of TEPSLF Program
Sen.Dick Durbin, ...
April 18, 2019
Letter to Betsy DeVos, Secretary of Education - Duckworth Demands Answers from Secretary DeVos After Trump Administration's Refusal to Implement Rule to Address Racial Discrimination in Special Education
Sen.Ladda Duckworth, ...
April 17, 2019
Letter to Secretary DeVos Secretary of Education - After Department Of Education Refuses To Implement Rule for Students of Color, Brown Is Demanding Answers from Secretary DeVos
Sen.Ladda Duckworth, ...
April 16, 2019
Durbin, Duckworth Introduce New Bill To Overhaul Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program
Sen.Dick Durbin, ...
April 16, 2019
Tweet - "For-profit colleges aggressively recruit veterans to take advantage of GI Bill funding. If Sec DeVos & Pres Trump care about our vets, they wouldn't let these deadbeat schools steal their hard-earned funding & leave them with a worthless degree:"
Sen.Dick Durbin
April 15, 2019
Duckworth, Durbin Introduce New Bill to Overhaul Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program
Sen.Dick Durbin, ...
April 11, 2019
Durbin, Wicker, Leahy Reintroduce Legislation To Promote Study Abroad
Sen.Dick Durbin
April 11, 2019
Durbin, Wicker, Leahy Reintroduce Legislation To Promote Study Abroad
Sen.Dick Durbin
April 10, 2019
Bipartisan Group Introduces Legislation to Improve Reentry and Economic Growth by Restoring Pell Grants to The Incarcerated
Rep.Danny Davis, ...
April 9, 2019
Schatz, Lee, Durbin Introduce Bipartisan Legislation To Restore Educational Opportunities For Those Incarcerated And Improve Public Safety
Sen.Dick Durbin, ...
April 5, 2019
Letter to the Hon. Kathleen Kraninger, Director of the Consumer Finance Protection Bureau - Senators Warren, Brown, and Colleagues Question CFPB's Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program Oversight Failure
Sen.Dick Durbin, ...
April 4, 2019
Tweet - "I've said it before and I'll say it again--Wells Fargo is a bad deal for college students. @uspirg found Wells has a fourth of campus debit card accounts but half of total fees paid by students."
Sen.Dick Durbin
April 4, 2019
Durbin, King, Smith, Sinema, Neguse Introduce Bicameral Legislation To Help Make College Textbooks More Affordable
Sen.Dick Durbin, ...
April 3, 2019
Duckworth Joins Reed, Coons, Larson & Colleagues in Introducing Bill to Expand and Promote Opportunities for National Service
Sen.Ladda Duckworth, ...
April 3, 2019
Senators Strive to Protect Student Borrowers & Hold Colleges & Universities Accountable for Student Debt
Sen.Dick Durbin, ...
April 3, 2019
Tweet - "@BetsyDeVosEd is failing to provide $700 million Congress intended for student debt relief to public servants. Teachers, firefighters, nurses and their families deserve the relief they earned."
Sen.Dick Durbin
April 2, 2019
Tweet - "Glad to have the support of 56 higher ed, student, veteran, and consumer protection organizations on the #PROTECTstudents Act. Speaking on the floor this afternoon with @SenatorHassan about this bill, and why it must be part of #HEA."
Sen.Dick Durbin
April 2, 2019
Durbin: End Forced Arbitration & Give Students Defrauded By For-Profit Colleges Their Day In Court
Sen.Dick Durbin
April 1, 2019
Ahead of National Service Recognition Day, Reed, Larson, Coons, Duckworth & Members of Congress Call for ACTION to Expand Opportunities for National Service
Sen.Ladda Duckworth, ...
April 1, 2019
Tweet - "52,122: the number of new borrower defense claims submitted to @usedgov by defrauded borrowers between 6/30/18 and 12/31/18."
Sen.Dick Durbin
March 28, 2019
Durbin Slams Devos For Cut To Special Olympics, Delayed Relief For Defrauded For-Profit College Students, And Public Service Loan Forgiveness Elimination
Sen.Dick Durbin
March 26, 2019
Durbin And Hassan Introduce Comprehensive Legislation To Protect Students And Taxpayers From Predatory Higher Education Practices
Sen.Dick Durbin
March 26, 2019
Tweet - "Did you know that for-profit colleges enroll just 9% of all postsecondary students but account for 34% of all federal student loan defaults?"
Sen.Dick Durbin
March 25, 2019
Letter to the Hon. Betsy DeVos, Secretary of Education - Underwood Presses DeVos on Department of Education Failure to Appropriately Respond to Those Who Default on Student Loans
Rep.Lauren Underwood
March 22, 2019
Mitchell and Krishnamoorthi Respond to Trump Administration's Support of College Transparency
Rep.Subramanian Krishnamoorthi, ...
March 21, 2019
Tweet - "Giving students the ability to refinance their student loans at lower and more affordable interest rates would help millions of student borrowers save money. Congress must do more to address the student loan debt crisis in America. Proud to support this bill."
Sen.Dick Durbin
March 20, 2019
Duckworth, Durbin Re-Introduce Bill to Help Americans Refinance Student Loans and Save Thousands of Dollars
Sen.Dick Durbin, ...
March 14, 2019
Mitchell, Krishnamoorthi, Stefanik, Harder Introduce Bipartisan College Transparency Act
Rep.Subramanian Krishnamoorthi, ...
March 13, 2019
Durbin, Duckworth, Foster, McMorris Rodgers Introduce Bicameral Bill To Support Military Families By Fixing Inconsistency In GI Bill Benefit
Sen.Dick Durbin, ...
March 13, 2019
Hearing of the Labor, Health And Human Services, Education, And Related Agencies Subcommittee for the House Appropriations Committee - Sen. Durbin Testimony, Hearing on Oversight of For-Profit Colleges: Protecting Students and Taxpayer Dollars
Sen.Dick Durbin
March 11, 2019
Durbin Statement On For-Profit Argosy University's Imminent Closure
Sen.Dick Durbin
March 11, 2019
Letter to the Hon. Betsy DeVos, Secretary of Education - Durbin, Smith, Sinema, Senators Urge Department Of Education To Immediately Assist Argosy University Students
Sen.Ladda Duckworth, ...
March 8, 2019
Tweet - "After wasting millions of tax dollars and crippling thousands of students with debt, another phony for-profit university, Argosy, is expected to imminently close its doors. When will this Administration stop subsidizing these worthless vultures?"
Sen.Dick Durbin
March 7, 2019
Congressman Jesús "Chuy" García Calls on Consumer Director to Address Discrimination on Student Loans
Rep.Chuy Garcia
March 6, 2019
Schatz, Pocan Reintroduce Legislation to End Student Loan Debt Crisis
Sen.Dick Durbin, ...
March 6, 2019
Tweet - "Cumulative student loan debt in America amounts to more than $1.5 trillion. I've joined @BrianSchatz to reintroduce a bill that would help reverse growing student loan debt. If we don't do something, we risk losing a generation of economic growth."
Sen.Dick Durbin
March 6, 2019
Durbin Reintroduces Bill To End Student Loan Debt Crisis
Sen.Dick Durbin
March 4, 2019
Letter to Chairman Jay Clayton - Senator Warren and Colleagues Demand Answers on Shamefully Weak SEC Settlement with Corinthian College Executives
Sen.Dick Durbin, ...
March 1, 2019
Tweet - "Students who were hung out to dry by deadbeat for-profit schools, with mountains of loan debt, should be allowed to hold these schools accountable in court. I've intro'd the CLASS Act w/ @RepMaxineWaters. It ends mandatory arbitration in for-profit college enrollment agreements."
Sen.Dick Durbin
Feb. 28, 2019
Durbin, Waters Re-Introduce Bill To Give Students Defrauded By For-Profit Colleges Their Day In Court
Sen.Dick Durbin, ...
Feb. 27, 2019
Underwood's Education and Labor Committee Approves Equal Pay and Public School Infrastructure Legislation
Rep.Lauren Underwood
Feb. 27, 2019
Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi's Help Students Vote Act Added To H.R.1, Passes House Administration Committee
Rep.Subramanian Krishnamoorthi
Feb. 25, 2019
Tweet - ".@rosadelauro and I have called on the Dept. of Ed. Inspector General to investigate the missing student aid funds and @BetsyDeVosED's handling of Dream Center case: https://www.durbin.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/durbin-and-delauro-call-for-oig-investigation-into-department-of-educations-handling-of-dream-center-transaction-possible-misuse-of-federal-funds- "
Sen.Dick Durbin
Feb. 21, 2019
Letter to the Hon. Betsy DeVos, Secretary of Education - Cortez Masto, Senators Condemn DeVos' Inaction To Relieve Student Debt, Punish Colleges' Predatory Practices
Sen.Dick Durbin, ...
Feb. 19, 2019
Letter to the Hon. Sandra D. Bruce, Acting Inspector General at the U.S. Department of Education - Durbin & Delauro Call For OIG Investigation Into Department Of Education's Handling Of Dream Center Transaction, Possible Misuse Of Federal Funds
Sen.Dick Durbin, ...
Feb. 8, 2019
Bost Backs Bipartisan Bill to Address Rising Student Loan Debt
Rep.Mike Bost
Feb. 7, 2019
Durbin Meets With Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell
Sen.Dick Durbin
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