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June 13, 2018 Letter to the Hon. Betsy DeVos, Secretary of Education - Teachers Forced to Foot Bill for Thousands in Promised Aid Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
June 11, 2018 Tweet - "Sec DeVos' own staff found deadbeat #4profit accreditor ACICS failed to meet requirements for federal recognition, she reinstated them anyway. She continues to side with corporate and #4profit interests over students and taxpayers." Sen. Dick Durbin
June 8, 2018 Letter to the Hon. Betsy DeVos, Secretary of Education - Clarify Testimony on Gun Violence and School Safety Rep. Subramanian Krishnamoorthi, ...
June 5, 2018 Tweet - "#4profit colleges enroll 9% of our students, but account for 33% of all student loan defaults. How can that be? They are charging too much and providing too little. They mislead these students into debt." Sen. Dick Durbin
June 4, 2018 Letter to the Hon. Betsy DeVos, Secretary of Education - Rep. Adriano Espaillat Leads Congressional Call For Secretary DeVos to Correct Testimony and Uphold Obligation to Serve All Students Sen. Ladda Duckworth, ...
June 4, 2018 Letter to Secretary DeVos, Department of Education - Protect Students & taxpayers In Potential Transfer Of Predatory For-Profit DeVry University To Cogswell Education Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
May 25, 2018 Tweet - "We're 21 weeks into 2018, and there have already been 23 school shootings where someone was hurt or killed. That averages out to more than 1 shooting a week. Is there any sane person in America who thinks our kids should have to go through this?" Sen. Dick Durbin
May 24, 2018 Letter to the Hon. Betsy DeVos, Secretary of Education - Preserve Educational Equity for English Learners Sen. Ladda Duckworth, ...
May 24, 2018 Letter to Secretary DeVos, Department of Education - Preserve Educational Equity for English Learners Sen. Ladda Duckworth, ...
May 24, 2018 Letter to the Hon. Betsy DeVos, Secretary of Education - Press for Answers Following Decision to Restore Recognition of For-Profit Accreditor ACICS Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
May 23, 2018 Quigley Meets with Parkland Students on Capitol Hill, Discusses Policy Proposals to Combat Gun Violence Rep. Mike Quigley
May 23, 2018 Letter to the Hon. Betsy DeVos, Secretary of Education - Senators Denounce Move by Secretary DeVos to End Investigations and Office Responsible for Protecting Students from Predatory Colleges Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
May 23, 2018 Letter to the Honorable Betsy Devos, Secretary of Education - Lawmakers Blast DeVos, Department of Education for Continuing to Fail Higher Ed. in Puerto Rico Rep. Jan Schakowsky, ...
May 22, 2018 Letter to the Hon. Betsy DeVos, Secretary of Education - Press DeVos on Department of Education Actions to Weaken Discrimination Protections Sen. Ladda Duckworth, ...
May 22, 2018 Tweet - "In her latest move, Sec. DeVos has dismantled the Enforcement Unit that was set-up in 2016 to prevent future fraud by for-profit colleges. She did this all while tens of thousands of students continue to wait for the federal student loan discharges to which they are entitled." Sen. Dick Durbin
May 18, 2018 Letter to Ms. Leandra English, Acting Director, CFPB, and Mr. Mick Mulvaney, Director, OMB - Help Committees Call on Mulvaney to Protect Student Loan Borrowers Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
May 18, 2018 Senators Duckworth, Murray Announce New Study to Examine Child Care Challenges Faced by Student Parents in College Sen. Ladda Duckworth
May 17, 2018 Letter to the Hon. Betsy DeVos, Secretary of Education - Swiftly Implement Funding Increase to Affordable Child Care Program Sen. Ladda Duckworth
May 9, 2018 Durbin Statement On Trump Administration Decision To Shutter CFPB Office Designed To Protect Student Loan Borrowers Sen. Dick Durbin
May 9, 2018 Tweet - "The Trump Administration's message to families ripped off by student loan fraud: "stop whining.' Dismantling a student loan watchdog office at the CFPB -- which has returned three quarters of a billion dollars to students who had been ripped off -- is cold." Sen. Dick Durbin
May 8, 2018 Letter to the Hon Ricardo A. Rosselló Nevares, Governor of Puerto Rico - Rep. Grijalva Leads Letter Opposing Public School Closures in Puerto Rico Rep. Jan Schakowsky, ...
April 30, 2018 Letter to the Hon. Betsy DeVos, Secretary of Education - Assist Students Harmed by Closure of ITT Tech Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
April 26, 2018 Letter to the Hon. Betsy Devos, Secretary of Education - Concerns Over For-Profit College Industry Lobbyist's "Oversight" Role at the Department of Education Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
April 25, 2018 Schakowsky Statement on Puerto Rico School Closures Rep. Jan Schakowsky
April 24, 2018 Eliminate Obstacles to Student Voters Rep. Subramanian Krishnamoorthi
April 23, 2018 Letter to Principal - Sound The Alarm On For-Profit Colleges Sen. Dick Durbin
April 23, 2018 Tweet - "As high school seniors make decisions on their educational futures, they have to know the risks associated with #4profit colleges. I'm asking our educators to help inform students now so they don't end up with a lifetime of student debt and despair: https://www.durbin.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/durbin-enlists-illinois-high-school-educators-to-sound-the-alarm-on-for-profit-colleges …" Sen. Dick Durbin
April 18, 2018 Letter to the Hon. Betsy DeVos, Secretary of Education - Properly Implement New Program Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
April 18, 2018 Booker, Durbin, Krishnamoorthi Introduce Help Students Vote Act Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
April 18, 2018 Letter to the Hon. Roy Blunt, Sen. Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health, and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Chairman, and the Hon. Patty Murray, Ranking Member - Call For More Childcare Support For Student Parents Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
April 13, 2018 Letter to the Honorable Roy Blunt, Chairman for the Subcommittee on Labor-HHS-Education and Related Agencies, and the Honorabe Patty Murray, Ranking Member for the Subcommittee on Labor-HHS-Education and Related Agencies - Cassidy, Colleagues Urge Support for Bookshare Program Helping Students with Disabilities Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
April 6, 2018 Southern Illinois Legislators Urge Caution in SIU Carbondale Funding Reallocation Plan Rep. Mike Bost
April 5, 2018 Democrats Meet with Millennials in Elgin on College Costs, "Dreamers' Rep. Subramanian Krishnamoorthi
March 29, 2018 Letter to the Hon Betsy DeVos, Secretary of Education - Whitehouse, Kaine, Duckworth, Hassan Push DeVos to Put New Public Service Student Debt Relief Into Action Sen. Ladda Duckworth, ...
March 27, 2018 Letter to the Hon. Betsy DeVos, Secretary of Education - Langevin, Portman Lead Joint Letter Urging Relief for Families with Disabled Students Rep. Subramanian Krishnamoorthi, ...
March 23, 2018 Schneider, Bost School Safety Proposal Signed Into Law Rep. Brad Schneider, ...
March 23, 2018 Upton, Dingell Pledge to Push for Further Bipartisan Gun Safety Measures, Applaud Passage of School Safety and Mental Health Measures Rep. Brad Schneider, ...
March 23, 2018 Letter to the Hon. Betsy DeVos, Secretary of Education - Menendez, Booker Urge Education Department to Focus on School Safety, Not Scapegoats Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
March 23, 2018 Letter to the Hon Betsy DeVos, Secretary of the U.S. Department of Education - Booker, Kaine, Gillibrand Lead Colleagues in Urging Education Department to Focus on School Safety, Not Scapegoats Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
March 22, 2018 Tweet - "Unfortunately, for too many students these days, the payoff of a college education isn't being realized. They find themselves in default with their credit scores ruined and holding massive amounts of debt. This trend has got to stop." Sen. Dick Durbin
March 19, 2018 Letter to the Hon Tom Cole, Chairman of the Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and the Hon Rosa DeLauro, Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education - Sinema Leads Bipartisan Effort to Help Prepare the Next Generation of Arizona Teachers for High-Need Classrooms Rep. Danny Davis, ...
March 19, 2018 Letter to the Hon. Tom Cole, Chairman of the Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies and the Hon. Rosa DeLauro, Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies - Chairman Crowley Advocates for Additional Funding to Make College More Affordable for Low-Income Students Rep. Subramanian Krishnamoorthi, ...
March 19, 2018 Letter to the Honorable Tom Cole, Chairman, and the Honorable Rosa DeLauro, Ranking Member of House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and related Agencies - Increased Education Funding for School Leadership Recruitment and Support Program Rep. Danny Davis, ...
March 19, 2018 Letter to the Honorable Tom Cole, Chairman, and the Honorable Rosa DeLauro, Ranking Member of House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and related Agencies - Increased Education Funding for Teacher Quality Programs Rep. Bill Foster, ...
March 16, 2018 Letter to the Honorable Tom Cole, Chairman, and the Honorable Rosa DeLauro, Ranking Member of House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies - Increased Education Funding for Impact Aid Rep. Danny Davis, ...
March 15, 2018 Letter to Mr. Clark - Halt New GI Bill Enrollments Amid Questions Of Eligibility Sen. Dick Durbin
March 15, 2018 Letter to the Hon. Betsy DeVos, Secretary of Education - Call for Top DeVos Adviser's Recusal from Decisions on For-Profit Colleges Owned by Former Employer Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
March 14, 2018 Schneider, Bost School Safety Proposal Passes House of Representatives Rep. Mike Bost, ...
March 14, 2018 Foster Statement on National Gun Violence Walkout Rep. Bill Foster
March 14, 2018 Student, Teachers, and Officers Preventing School Violence Act of 2018 Rep. Mike Bost
Date Title Politician
June 13, 2018 Letter to the Hon. Betsy DeVos, Secretary of Education - Teachers Forced to Foot Bill for Thousands in Promised Aid Sen.Dick Durbin, ...
June 11, 2018 Tweet - "Sec DeVos' own staff found deadbeat #4profit accreditor ACICS failed to meet requirements for federal recognition, she reinstated them anyway. She continues to side with corporate and #4profit interests over students and taxpayers." Sen.Dick Durbin
June 8, 2018 Letter to the Hon. Betsy DeVos, Secretary of Education - Clarify Testimony on Gun Violence and School Safety Rep.Subramanian Krishnamoorthi, ...
June 5, 2018 Tweet - "#4profit colleges enroll 9% of our students, but account for 33% of all student loan defaults. How can that be? They are charging too much and providing too little. They mislead these students into debt." Sen.Dick Durbin
June 4, 2018 Letter to the Hon. Betsy DeVos, Secretary of Education - Rep. Adriano Espaillat Leads Congressional Call For Secretary DeVos to Correct Testimony and Uphold Obligation to Serve All Students Sen.Ladda Duckworth, ...
June 4, 2018 Letter to Secretary DeVos, Department of Education - Protect Students & taxpayers In Potential Transfer Of Predatory For-Profit DeVry University To Cogswell Education Sen.Dick Durbin, ...
May 25, 2018 Tweet - "We're 21 weeks into 2018, and there have already been 23 school shootings where someone was hurt or killed. That averages out to more than 1 shooting a week. Is there any sane person in America who thinks our kids should have to go through this?" Sen.Dick Durbin
May 24, 2018 Letter to the Hon. Betsy DeVos, Secretary of Education - Preserve Educational Equity for English Learners Sen.Ladda Duckworth, ...
May 24, 2018 Letter to Secretary DeVos, Department of Education - Preserve Educational Equity for English Learners Sen.Ladda Duckworth, ...
May 24, 2018 Letter to the Hon. Betsy DeVos, Secretary of Education - Press for Answers Following Decision to Restore Recognition of For-Profit Accreditor ACICS Sen.Dick Durbin, ...
May 23, 2018 Quigley Meets with Parkland Students on Capitol Hill, Discusses Policy Proposals to Combat Gun Violence Rep.Mike Quigley
May 23, 2018 Letter to the Hon. Betsy DeVos, Secretary of Education - Senators Denounce Move by Secretary DeVos to End Investigations and Office Responsible for Protecting Students from Predatory Colleges Sen.Dick Durbin, ...
May 23, 2018 Letter to the Honorable Betsy Devos, Secretary of Education - Lawmakers Blast DeVos, Department of Education for Continuing to Fail Higher Ed. in Puerto Rico Rep.Jan Schakowsky, ...
May 22, 2018 Letter to the Hon. Betsy DeVos, Secretary of Education - Press DeVos on Department of Education Actions to Weaken Discrimination Protections Sen.Ladda Duckworth, ...
May 22, 2018 Tweet - "In her latest move, Sec. DeVos has dismantled the Enforcement Unit that was set-up in 2016 to prevent future fraud by for-profit colleges. She did this all while tens of thousands of students continue to wait for the federal student loan discharges to which they are entitled." Sen.Dick Durbin
May 18, 2018 Letter to Ms. Leandra English, Acting Director, CFPB, and Mr. Mick Mulvaney, Director, OMB - Help Committees Call on Mulvaney to Protect Student Loan Borrowers Sen.Dick Durbin, ...
May 18, 2018 Senators Duckworth, Murray Announce New Study to Examine Child Care Challenges Faced by Student Parents in College Sen.Ladda Duckworth
May 17, 2018 Letter to the Hon. Betsy DeVos, Secretary of Education - Swiftly Implement Funding Increase to Affordable Child Care Program Sen.Ladda Duckworth
May 9, 2018 Durbin Statement On Trump Administration Decision To Shutter CFPB Office Designed To Protect Student Loan Borrowers Sen.Dick Durbin
May 9, 2018 Tweet - "The Trump Administration's message to families ripped off by student loan fraud: "stop whining.' Dismantling a student loan watchdog office at the CFPB -- which has returned three quarters of a billion dollars to students who had been ripped off -- is cold." Sen.Dick Durbin
May 8, 2018 Letter to the Hon Ricardo A. Rosselló Nevares, Governor of Puerto Rico - Rep. Grijalva Leads Letter Opposing Public School Closures in Puerto Rico Rep.Jan Schakowsky, ...
April 30, 2018 Letter to the Hon. Betsy DeVos, Secretary of Education - Assist Students Harmed by Closure of ITT Tech Sen.Dick Durbin, ...
April 26, 2018 Letter to the Hon. Betsy Devos, Secretary of Education - Concerns Over For-Profit College Industry Lobbyist's "Oversight" Role at the Department of Education Sen.Dick Durbin, ...
April 25, 2018 Schakowsky Statement on Puerto Rico School Closures Rep.Jan Schakowsky
April 24, 2018 Eliminate Obstacles to Student Voters Rep.Subramanian Krishnamoorthi
April 23, 2018 Letter to Principal - Sound The Alarm On For-Profit Colleges Sen.Dick Durbin
April 23, 2018 Tweet - "As high school seniors make decisions on their educational futures, they have to know the risks associated with #4profit colleges. I'm asking our educators to help inform students now so they don't end up with a lifetime of student debt and despair: https://www.durbin.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/durbin-enlists-illinois-high-school-educators-to-sound-the-alarm-on-for-profit-colleges …" Sen.Dick Durbin
April 18, 2018 Letter to the Hon. Betsy DeVos, Secretary of Education - Properly Implement New Program Sen.Dick Durbin, ...
April 18, 2018 Booker, Durbin, Krishnamoorthi Introduce Help Students Vote Act Sen.Dick Durbin, ...
April 18, 2018 Letter to the Hon. Roy Blunt, Sen. Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health, and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Chairman, and the Hon. Patty Murray, Ranking Member - Call For More Childcare Support For Student Parents Sen.Dick Durbin, ...
April 13, 2018 Letter to the Honorable Roy Blunt, Chairman for the Subcommittee on Labor-HHS-Education and Related Agencies, and the Honorabe Patty Murray, Ranking Member for the Subcommittee on Labor-HHS-Education and Related Agencies - Cassidy, Colleagues Urge Support for Bookshare Program Helping Students with Disabilities Sen.Dick Durbin, ...
April 6, 2018 Southern Illinois Legislators Urge Caution in SIU Carbondale Funding Reallocation Plan Rep.Mike Bost
April 5, 2018 Democrats Meet with Millennials in Elgin on College Costs, "Dreamers' Rep.Subramanian Krishnamoorthi
March 29, 2018 Letter to the Hon Betsy DeVos, Secretary of Education - Whitehouse, Kaine, Duckworth, Hassan Push DeVos to Put New Public Service Student Debt Relief Into Action Sen.Ladda Duckworth, ...
March 27, 2018 Letter to the Hon. Betsy DeVos, Secretary of Education - Langevin, Portman Lead Joint Letter Urging Relief for Families with Disabled Students Rep.Subramanian Krishnamoorthi, ...
March 23, 2018 Schneider, Bost School Safety Proposal Signed Into Law Rep.Brad Schneider, ...
March 23, 2018 Upton, Dingell Pledge to Push for Further Bipartisan Gun Safety Measures, Applaud Passage of School Safety and Mental Health Measures Rep.Brad Schneider, ...
March 23, 2018 Letter to the Hon. Betsy DeVos, Secretary of Education - Menendez, Booker Urge Education Department to Focus on School Safety, Not Scapegoats Sen.Dick Durbin, ...
March 23, 2018 Letter to the Hon Betsy DeVos, Secretary of the U.S. Department of Education - Booker, Kaine, Gillibrand Lead Colleagues in Urging Education Department to Focus on School Safety, Not Scapegoats Sen.Dick Durbin, ...
March 22, 2018 Tweet - "Unfortunately, for too many students these days, the payoff of a college education isn't being realized. They find themselves in default with their credit scores ruined and holding massive amounts of debt. This trend has got to stop." Sen.Dick Durbin
March 19, 2018 Letter to the Hon Tom Cole, Chairman of the Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and the Hon Rosa DeLauro, Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education - Sinema Leads Bipartisan Effort to Help Prepare the Next Generation of Arizona Teachers for High-Need Classrooms Rep.Danny Davis, ...
March 19, 2018 Letter to the Hon. Tom Cole, Chairman of the Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies and the Hon. Rosa DeLauro, Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies - Chairman Crowley Advocates for Additional Funding to Make College More Affordable for Low-Income Students Rep.Subramanian Krishnamoorthi, ...
March 19, 2018 Letter to the Honorable Tom Cole, Chairman, and the Honorable Rosa DeLauro, Ranking Member of House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and related Agencies - Increased Education Funding for School Leadership Recruitment and Support Program Rep.Danny Davis, ...
March 19, 2018 Letter to the Honorable Tom Cole, Chairman, and the Honorable Rosa DeLauro, Ranking Member of House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and related Agencies - Increased Education Funding for Teacher Quality Programs Rep.Bill Foster, ...
March 16, 2018 Letter to the Honorable Tom Cole, Chairman, and the Honorable Rosa DeLauro, Ranking Member of House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies - Increased Education Funding for Impact Aid Rep.Danny Davis, ...
March 15, 2018 Letter to Mr. Clark - Halt New GI Bill Enrollments Amid Questions Of Eligibility Sen.Dick Durbin
March 15, 2018 Letter to the Hon. Betsy DeVos, Secretary of Education - Call for Top DeVos Adviser's Recusal from Decisions on For-Profit Colleges Owned by Former Employer Sen.Dick Durbin, ...
March 14, 2018 Schneider, Bost School Safety Proposal Passes House of Representatives Rep.Mike Bost, ...
March 14, 2018 Foster Statement on National Gun Violence Walkout Rep.Bill Foster
March 14, 2018 Student, Teachers, and Officers Preventing School Violence Act of 2018 Rep.Mike Bost
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