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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 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
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 24, 2018 Eliminate Obstacles to Student Voters Rep. Subramanian Krishnamoorthi
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 23, 2018 Letter to Principal - 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 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 18, 2018 Booker, Durbin, Krishnamoorthi Introduce Help Students Vote Act 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 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, 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 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. Jan Schakowsky, ...
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 15, 2018 Letter to Mr. Clark - Halt New GI Bill Enrollments Amid Questions Of Eligibility Sen. Dick Durbin
March 9, 2018 Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi Denounces Betsy DeVos' Decision to Block Protections For Americans With Student Loans Rep. Subramanian Krishnamoorthi
March 9, 2018 Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi Denounces Betsy DeVos' Decision To Block Protections For Americans With Student Loans Rep. Subramanian Krishnamoorthi
March 7, 2018 Schneider, Bishop Introduce Bipartisan Alert Act To Address Sexual Abuse At Universities Rep. Brad Schneider
March 7, 2018 Reps. Bishop, Schneider Introduce Bipartisan ALERT Act to Address Sexual Abuse at Universities Rep. Brad Schneider, ...
March 7, 2018 Letter to Mr. Timothy J. Sloan, CEO, Wells Fargo - Halt Any Plans To Expand Presence On College Campuses Sen. Dick Durbin
March 6, 2018 Tweet - "I'm working to make college more affordable by supporting a $10 million investment in the upcoming omnibus for #opentextbooksFY18 grants. This is critical funding that can help our students succeed." Sen. Dick Durbin
March 1, 2018 Durbin, Duckworth Introduce Bill To Make Community And Technical School More Affordable Sen. Dick Durbin
Feb. 28, 2018 Letter to the Hon. Betsy DeVos, Secretary of Education, the Hon. David Shulkin, Secretary of VA, and Ms. Nancy A. Berryhill, Acting Commissioner of Social Security - Immediately Discharge Outstanding Loans for Families Suffering from Child's Death or Permanent Disability Sen. Ladda Duckworth, ...
Feb. 26, 2018 Tweet - "After weakening federal protections for student borrowers, Betsy DeVos now wants to attack state protections. The Secretary of Education is putting corporate interests above students." Sen. Dick Durbin
Feb. 22, 2018 Durbin Statement On California State Approving Agency Denying Ashford University's Application For Approval Sen. Dick Durbin
Feb. 21, 2018 Tweet - "Today, @MyCalVet denied Ashford University's bid for approval in California -- needed to continue participating in the GI Bill program. The VA must now move to stop the flow of GI Bill funds to this predatory #4profit college." Sen. Dick Durbin
Feb. 16, 2018 Tweet - "More evidence why President Trump's @usedgov shouldn't be rolling back its oversight on #4profit colleges. These schools only care about their bottom lines and straddle our students with insurmountable student loan debt." Sen. Dick Durbin
Feb. 15, 2018 Letter to Secretary DeVos, Secretary Shulkin, and Acting Commissioner Berryhill - Discharge Outstanding Federal Student Loans for Totally and Permanently Disabled Americans Sen. Ladda Duckworth, ...
Feb. 9, 2018 Tweet - "Shrinking Dept. of Ed's role protecting students and taxpayers so that corporate and #4profit interests can run amok is not something to be proud of @BetsyDeVosED" Sen. Dick Durbin
Feb. 8, 2018 Tweet - "These #4profit schools are the bottom of the barrel. Why are we allowing them to receive federal dollars without accreditation and little oversight from the Department of Education? This is shocking." Sen. Dick Durbin
Feb. 1, 2018 Tweet - "Aggressive oversight on the front end is how you protect taxpayers from #4profit college predatory loan tactics, not being stingy on the back end with relief for defrauded students." Sen. Dick Durbin
Jan. 31, 2018 Tweet - "For too long, weak accountability and poor oversight of schools and accreditors has made Congress and the federal government complicit in #4profit colleges' exploitation of students and bilking of taxpayers. That must change." Sen. Dick Durbin
Jan. 30, 2018 Hearing of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions - Testimony of Sen. Dick Durbin, Hearing on the Reauthorization of the Higher Education Act Sen. Dick Durbin
Jan. 10, 2018 Tweet - "The Department of Education is proposing to disburse federal student aid through prepaid cards. This raises concerns about fees, privacy, and how student info is used. I'm pressing for answers." Sen. Dick Durbin
Jan. 10, 2018 Letter to Dr. Wayne Johnson, Chief Operating Officer, DoE - Student Loan Disbursement Prepaid Card Pilot Program Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
Dec. 20, 2017 Durbin Statement On DeVos Decision To Slash Student Loan Relief For Defrauded Students Sen. Dick Durbin
Dec. 19, 2017 Letter to Betsy DeVos, Secretary of Education - Where Are Gainful Employment Debt-to-Earnings Rates? Sen. Dick Durbin
Dec. 15, 2017 Tweet - "Once again, thank you IL AG @LisaMadigan for standing up for IL students & calling on @BetsyDeVosED to provide federal loan discharges to students victimized by predatory for-profit college Corinthian Colleges" Sen. Dick Durbin
Dec. 14, 2017 Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi Introduces The Protecting Students From Worthless Degrees Act To Prevent Taxpayer Funds From Going To Predatory And Valueless Programs Rep. Subramanian Krishnamoorthi
Dec. 13, 2017 Tweet - "It's time for Congress to get serious about addressing for-profit colleges. We've been bystanders for too long as for-profit colleges have taken advantage of veterans, service members, and their families." Sen. Dick Durbin
Dec. 13, 2017 Letter to the Hon. James Mattis, Secretary of Defense - Release Contracts Between For-Profit Colleges & Military Installations Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
Dec. 11, 2017 Letter to the Hon. Mitch McConnell, Charles Schumer, Orrin Hatch, Ron Wyden, Paul Ryan, Nancy Pelosi, Kevin Brady, and Richard Neal - Oppose Tax Bill Provision that would Raise Taxes Substantially on Graduate Students and Hurt Our Economic Future Rep. Bill Foster, ...
Date Title Politician
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 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
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 24, 2018 Eliminate Obstacles to Student Voters Rep.Subramanian Krishnamoorthi
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 23, 2018 Letter to Principal - 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 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 18, 2018 Booker, Durbin, Krishnamoorthi Introduce Help Students Vote Act 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 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, 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 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.Jan Schakowsky, ...
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 15, 2018 Letter to Mr. Clark - Halt New GI Bill Enrollments Amid Questions Of Eligibility Sen.Dick Durbin
March 9, 2018 Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi Denounces Betsy DeVos' Decision to Block Protections For Americans With Student Loans Rep.Subramanian Krishnamoorthi
March 9, 2018 Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi Denounces Betsy DeVos' Decision To Block Protections For Americans With Student Loans Rep.Subramanian Krishnamoorthi
March 7, 2018 Schneider, Bishop Introduce Bipartisan Alert Act To Address Sexual Abuse At Universities Rep.Brad Schneider
March 7, 2018 Reps. Bishop, Schneider Introduce Bipartisan ALERT Act to Address Sexual Abuse at Universities Rep.Brad Schneider, ...
March 7, 2018 Letter to Mr. Timothy J. Sloan, CEO, Wells Fargo - Halt Any Plans To Expand Presence On College Campuses Sen.Dick Durbin
March 6, 2018 Tweet - "I'm working to make college more affordable by supporting a $10 million investment in the upcoming omnibus for #opentextbooksFY18 grants. This is critical funding that can help our students succeed." Sen.Dick Durbin
March 1, 2018 Durbin, Duckworth Introduce Bill To Make Community And Technical School More Affordable Sen.Dick Durbin
Feb. 28, 2018 Letter to the Hon. Betsy DeVos, Secretary of Education, the Hon. David Shulkin, Secretary of VA, and Ms. Nancy A. Berryhill, Acting Commissioner of Social Security - Immediately Discharge Outstanding Loans for Families Suffering from Child's Death or Permanent Disability Sen.Ladda Duckworth, ...
Feb. 26, 2018 Tweet - "After weakening federal protections for student borrowers, Betsy DeVos now wants to attack state protections. The Secretary of Education is putting corporate interests above students." Sen.Dick Durbin
Feb. 22, 2018 Durbin Statement On California State Approving Agency Denying Ashford University's Application For Approval Sen.Dick Durbin
Feb. 21, 2018 Tweet - "Today, @MyCalVet denied Ashford University's bid for approval in California -- needed to continue participating in the GI Bill program. The VA must now move to stop the flow of GI Bill funds to this predatory #4profit college." Sen.Dick Durbin
Feb. 16, 2018 Tweet - "More evidence why President Trump's @usedgov shouldn't be rolling back its oversight on #4profit colleges. These schools only care about their bottom lines and straddle our students with insurmountable student loan debt." Sen.Dick Durbin
Feb. 15, 2018 Letter to Secretary DeVos, Secretary Shulkin, and Acting Commissioner Berryhill - Discharge Outstanding Federal Student Loans for Totally and Permanently Disabled Americans Sen.Ladda Duckworth, ...
Feb. 9, 2018 Tweet - "Shrinking Dept. of Ed's role protecting students and taxpayers so that corporate and #4profit interests can run amok is not something to be proud of @BetsyDeVosED" Sen.Dick Durbin
Feb. 8, 2018 Tweet - "These #4profit schools are the bottom of the barrel. Why are we allowing them to receive federal dollars without accreditation and little oversight from the Department of Education? This is shocking." Sen.Dick Durbin
Feb. 1, 2018 Tweet - "Aggressive oversight on the front end is how you protect taxpayers from #4profit college predatory loan tactics, not being stingy on the back end with relief for defrauded students." Sen.Dick Durbin
Jan. 31, 2018 Tweet - "For too long, weak accountability and poor oversight of schools and accreditors has made Congress and the federal government complicit in #4profit colleges' exploitation of students and bilking of taxpayers. That must change." Sen.Dick Durbin
Jan. 30, 2018 Hearing of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions - Testimony of Sen. Dick Durbin, Hearing on the Reauthorization of the Higher Education Act Sen.Dick Durbin
Jan. 10, 2018 Tweet - "The Department of Education is proposing to disburse federal student aid through prepaid cards. This raises concerns about fees, privacy, and how student info is used. I'm pressing for answers." Sen.Dick Durbin
Jan. 10, 2018 Letter to Dr. Wayne Johnson, Chief Operating Officer, DoE - Student Loan Disbursement Prepaid Card Pilot Program Sen.Dick Durbin, ...
Dec. 20, 2017 Durbin Statement On DeVos Decision To Slash Student Loan Relief For Defrauded Students Sen.Dick Durbin
Dec. 19, 2017 Letter to Betsy DeVos, Secretary of Education - Where Are Gainful Employment Debt-to-Earnings Rates? Sen.Dick Durbin
Dec. 15, 2017 Tweet - "Once again, thank you IL AG @LisaMadigan for standing up for IL students & calling on @BetsyDeVosED to provide federal loan discharges to students victimized by predatory for-profit college Corinthian Colleges" Sen.Dick Durbin
Dec. 14, 2017 Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi Introduces The Protecting Students From Worthless Degrees Act To Prevent Taxpayer Funds From Going To Predatory And Valueless Programs Rep.Subramanian Krishnamoorthi
Dec. 13, 2017 Tweet - "It's time for Congress to get serious about addressing for-profit colleges. We've been bystanders for too long as for-profit colleges have taken advantage of veterans, service members, and their families." Sen.Dick Durbin
Dec. 13, 2017 Letter to the Hon. James Mattis, Secretary of Defense - Release Contracts Between For-Profit Colleges & Military Installations Sen.Dick Durbin, ...
Dec. 11, 2017 Letter to the Hon. Mitch McConnell, Charles Schumer, Orrin Hatch, Ron Wyden, Paul Ryan, Nancy Pelosi, Kevin Brady, and Richard Neal - Oppose Tax Bill Provision that would Raise Taxes Substantially on Graduate Students and Hurt Our Economic Future Rep.Bill Foster, ...
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