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Sept. 7, 2023
Durbin Applauds Department Of Education's Move To Approve Borrower Defense Claims For Former Ashford University Students
Sen. Dick Durbin
Sept. 6, 2023
Durbin Leads Colleagues In Introducing Bill To Protect Consumers From Predatory, High Cost Lending
Sen. Dick Durbin
Aug. 30, 2023
Durbin, Marshall Statement On Reports VISA & Mastercard Plan To Increase Swipe Fees On American Families And Businesses
Sen. Dick Durbin
June 7, 2023
Durbin, Marshall, Welch, Vance Introduce Bipartisan Credit Card Competition Act
Sen. Dick Durbin
June 7, 2023
RANKING MEMBER SCHAKOWSKY'S OPENING REMARKS AT SUBCOMMITTEE HEARING ON BLOCKCHAIN
Rep. Jan Schakowsky
April 28, 2023
Durbin, Duckworth, Colleagues Introduce Safe Banking Act To Improve Community Safety And Banking Access For Legal Cannabis Businesses
Sen. Dick Durbin
Feb. 6, 2023
Letter to Michael Regan, Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, Jennifer Granholm, Secretary of Energy - Warren, Lawmakers Urge Environmental Protection Agency and Department of Energy to Require Cryptominers Disclose Emissions and Energy Use
Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
Dec. 9, 2022
Durbin, Murray Introduce Legislation To Ensure Victims Of Discrimination Can Seek Damages In Court Following Harmful SCOTUS Ruling
Sen. Dick Durbin
Dec. 2, 2022
Letter to US Bank Regulators - Senator Markey Joins Representative Omar and Senator Warren in Leading Letter to Call on Regulators to Improve Banking Access for Communities of Color
Rep. Chuy Garcia, ...
Dec. 1, 2022
Durbin Questions CFTC Chairman At Agriculture Committee Hearing On Crypto Amid FTX Collapse
Sen. Dick Durbin
Nov. 30, 2022
Durbin Raises Concerns Over Cryptocurrency Amid FTX Collapse
Sen. Dick Durbin
Nov. 18, 2022
Letter to Sam Bankman-Fried, Founder and Former CEO of FTX, John Ray, CEO of FTX - Chairman Krishnamoorthi Presses FTX Leadership for Answers on Company's Collapse and Full Scope of Financial Harm to Customers
Rep. Subramanian Krishnamoorthi
Nov. 17, 2022
Tweet - "Mr. Bankman-Fried will be Exhibit A in the Crypto Crash story. His "billionaire-to-bankrupt" plunge is fair warning that the crypto hype is too good to be true."
Sen. Dick Durbin
Nov. 17, 2022
Durbin Statement on Release of DOJ Guidance on Discharging Student Loans in Bankruptcy
Sen. Dick Durbin
Nov. 16, 2022
Duckworth, Durbin Join Merkley in Introducing Legislation to Protect Consumers From Predatory Payday Lending Practices
Sen. Ladda Duckworth
Oct. 31, 2022
Tweet - "I've long fought to protect students from predatory for-profit colleges. @usedgov 's updated regulations strengthen borrower defense and closed school discharge so that students who were defrauded or had their school shuttered see relief. https://ed.gov/news/press-rel"
Sen. Dick Durbin
Oct. 24, 2022
Tweet - "Democrats are taking action to help the middle class. 22 million Americans have already submitted their application to @usedgov to receive life-changing student debt relief. The official application is now live. Take 5 minutes to apply today at https://studentaid.gov."
Sen. Dick Durbin
Oct. 18, 2022
Letter to Miguel Cardona, Secretary of Education - Durbin, Warren Urge Department Of Education To Hold Predatory For-Profit College Executives Accountable For Scamming Students
Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
Oct. 17, 2022
Tweet - "Thanks to @POTUS ' plan to cancel student debt, millions are now eligible for student loan forgiveness. Take 5 minutes and be among the first to apply for federal student loan debt relief on @usedgov 's test application: https://studentaid.gov/debt-relief/application"
Sen. Dick Durbin
Oct. 4, 2022
Chairman Krishnamoorthi Statement on Government Reports Detailing Increased Risks of Crypto Scams and Fraud
Rep. Subramanian Krishnamoorthi
Oct. 4, 2022
Tweet - "For-profit colleges often bury first-gen, low-income, & veteran students in debt and worthless degrees. Critics of Biden's student debt relief plan have ignored the harm of this industry. Student loan forgiveness will give these students a second chance."
Sen. Dick Durbin
Oct. 3, 2022
Letter to Miguel Cardona, Secretary of Education - Feinstein, Padilla, Colleagues Urge Biden Administration to Extend Public Service Loan Forgiveness Waiver
Rep. Danny Davis, ...
Sept. 29, 2022
Letter to Joseph R. Biden, President of the United States - Huffman, Casten Lead Colleagues in Calling on President Biden to Remove World Bank President Malpass
Rep. Sean Casten, ...
Sept. 22, 2022
Van Hollen, Warren, Pressley, Garcia Introduce Bill to Provide Americans Immediate Access to Money in Their Bank Accounts
Rep. Chuy Garcia, ...
Sept. 22, 2022
Tweet - "The #DISCLOSE Act is simple. It protects American democracy from foreign interference & requires super PACs & special interest groups to disclose anyone contributing $10,000 or more to their cause. Why wouldn't our Republican colleagues join us to end dark money once and for all?"
Sen. Dick Durbin
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Politician
Sept. 7, 2023
Durbin Applauds Department Of Education's Move To Approve Borrower Defense Claims For Former Ashford University Students
Sen.Dick Durbin
Sept. 6, 2023
Durbin Leads Colleagues In Introducing Bill To Protect Consumers From Predatory, High Cost Lending
Sen.Dick Durbin
Aug. 30, 2023
Durbin, Marshall Statement On Reports VISA & Mastercard Plan To Increase Swipe Fees On American Families And Businesses
Sen.Dick Durbin
June 7, 2023
Durbin, Marshall, Welch, Vance Introduce Bipartisan Credit Card Competition Act
Sen.Dick Durbin
June 7, 2023
RANKING MEMBER SCHAKOWSKY'S OPENING REMARKS AT SUBCOMMITTEE HEARING ON BLOCKCHAIN
Rep.Jan Schakowsky
April 28, 2023
Durbin, Duckworth, Colleagues Introduce Safe Banking Act To Improve Community Safety And Banking Access For Legal Cannabis Businesses
Sen.Dick Durbin
Feb. 6, 2023
Letter to Michael Regan, Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, Jennifer Granholm, Secretary of Energy - Warren, Lawmakers Urge Environmental Protection Agency and Department of Energy to Require Cryptominers Disclose Emissions and Energy Use
Sen.Dick Durbin, ...
Dec. 9, 2022
Durbin, Murray Introduce Legislation To Ensure Victims Of Discrimination Can Seek Damages In Court Following Harmful SCOTUS Ruling
Sen.Dick Durbin
Dec. 2, 2022
Letter to US Bank Regulators - Senator Markey Joins Representative Omar and Senator Warren in Leading Letter to Call on Regulators to Improve Banking Access for Communities of Color
Rep.Chuy Garcia, ...
Dec. 1, 2022
Durbin Questions CFTC Chairman At Agriculture Committee Hearing On Crypto Amid FTX Collapse
Sen.Dick Durbin
Nov. 30, 2022
Durbin Raises Concerns Over Cryptocurrency Amid FTX Collapse
Sen.Dick Durbin
Nov. 18, 2022
Letter to Sam Bankman-Fried, Founder and Former CEO of FTX, John Ray, CEO of FTX - Chairman Krishnamoorthi Presses FTX Leadership for Answers on Company's Collapse and Full Scope of Financial Harm to Customers
Rep.Subramanian Krishnamoorthi
Nov. 17, 2022
Tweet - "Mr. Bankman-Fried will be Exhibit A in the Crypto Crash story. His "billionaire-to-bankrupt" plunge is fair warning that the crypto hype is too good to be true."
Sen.Dick Durbin
Nov. 17, 2022
Durbin Statement on Release of DOJ Guidance on Discharging Student Loans in Bankruptcy
Sen.Dick Durbin
Nov. 16, 2022
Duckworth, Durbin Join Merkley in Introducing Legislation to Protect Consumers From Predatory Payday Lending Practices
Sen.Ladda Duckworth
Oct. 31, 2022
Tweet - "I've long fought to protect students from predatory for-profit colleges. @usedgov 's updated regulations strengthen borrower defense and closed school discharge so that students who were defrauded or had their school shuttered see relief. https://ed.gov/news/press-rel"
Sen.Dick Durbin
Oct. 24, 2022
Tweet - "Democrats are taking action to help the middle class. 22 million Americans have already submitted their application to @usedgov to receive life-changing student debt relief. The official application is now live. Take 5 minutes to apply today at https://studentaid.gov."
Sen.Dick Durbin
Oct. 18, 2022
Letter to Miguel Cardona, Secretary of Education - Durbin, Warren Urge Department Of Education To Hold Predatory For-Profit College Executives Accountable For Scamming Students
Sen.Dick Durbin, ...
Oct. 17, 2022
Tweet - "Thanks to @POTUS ' plan to cancel student debt, millions are now eligible for student loan forgiveness. Take 5 minutes and be among the first to apply for federal student loan debt relief on @usedgov 's test application: https://studentaid.gov/debt-relief/application"
Sen.Dick Durbin
Oct. 4, 2022
Chairman Krishnamoorthi Statement on Government Reports Detailing Increased Risks of Crypto Scams and Fraud
Rep.Subramanian Krishnamoorthi
Oct. 4, 2022
Tweet - "For-profit colleges often bury first-gen, low-income, & veteran students in debt and worthless degrees. Critics of Biden's student debt relief plan have ignored the harm of this industry. Student loan forgiveness will give these students a second chance."
Sen.Dick Durbin
Oct. 3, 2022
Letter to Miguel Cardona, Secretary of Education - Feinstein, Padilla, Colleagues Urge Biden Administration to Extend Public Service Loan Forgiveness Waiver
Rep.Danny Davis, ...
Sept. 29, 2022
Letter to Joseph R. Biden, President of the United States - Huffman, Casten Lead Colleagues in Calling on President Biden to Remove World Bank President Malpass
Rep.Sean Casten, ...
Sept. 22, 2022
Van Hollen, Warren, Pressley, Garcia Introduce Bill to Provide Americans Immediate Access to Money in Their Bank Accounts
Rep.Chuy Garcia, ...
Sept. 22, 2022
Tweet - "The #DISCLOSE Act is simple. It protects American democracy from foreign interference & requires super PACs & special interest groups to disclose anyone contributing $10,000 or more to their cause. Why wouldn't our Republican colleagues join us to end dark money once and for all?"
Sen.Dick Durbin
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