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Sean Casten's Public Statements on Issue: Higher Education

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On The Ballot: Running, Democratic for U.S. House (IL) - District 6

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Higher Education

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08/23/2022 Letter to Miguel Cardona, Secretary of Education - Wyden, Colleagues Call on Biden Administration to Extend Public Service Loan Forgiveness Waiver Deadline
04/27/2022 Letter to Hon. Rosa DeLauro, Chair Labor, Health and Human Services, Education Subcommittee, and Hon. Tom Cole, Ranking Member Labor, Health and Human Services, Education Subcommittee - Neguse Leads Letter Urging Investments in Textbook Affordability Program
02/02/2022 Rep. Lee, Rep. Casten Announce Introduction of Pell Grant Sustainability Act to Ensure Federal Aid Keeps Up With Inflation
02/01/2022 Representatives Casten, Lee Introduce Pell Grant Sustainability Act to Ensure Federal Aid Keeps Up with Inflation
09/14/2021 Rep. Casten Visits Benedictine University to discuss direct relief for local students under American Rescue Plan
04/28/2021 Letter to Rosa DeLauro, Chairwoman of House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education and Tom Cole, Ranking Member of House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education - Congressman Neguse Advocates for Open Textbooks Funding in Fy2022 Appropriations Legislation
02/27/2021 Casten Statement on House Passage of the American Rescue Plan of 2021 Act: $13.2 billion for Illinois
12/28/2020 Casten's GRADUATE Act Becomes Law
12/21/2020 Casten Statement on Passage of COVID Relief Package, Omnibus Spending Bill
11/20/2020 Letter to the Hon. Donald J. Trump, President of the United States - Underwood Leads 91 Members in Effort Urging President Trump to Extend Critical Relief for 41 Million Student Loan Borrowers
05/22/2020 Letter to Betsy DeVos, Department of Education Secretary, and Kenneth L. Marcus, Department of Education Assistant Secretary - Reps Speier, Kuster, Pressley and Slotkin Lead Letter Urging the Department of Education to Rescind its Indefensible Title IX Rule
04/27/2020 Letter to the Hon. Betsy DeVos, Secretary of the Dept. of Education - Swalwell Leads 72 Members in Sending Letter to Sec. DeVos Urging Quick Release of Emergency Grants to All Students, including DACA Recipients
04/02/2020 Letter to the Hon. Elisabeth DeVos, Secretary of the Dept. of Education, and the Hon. Kenneth Marcus, Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights for the Dept. of Education - Reps Kuster, Speier, Pressley and Slotkin Lead 46 Members in Letter Demanding Sec DeVos Halt Plans to Gut Title IX Protections Amid Coronavirus Crisis
03/24/2020 Letter to John Remondi, CEO of Navient Corporation, Michael Dunlap, CEO of Nelnet, Inc., James Steeley, President and CEO of FedLoan/Pennsylvania higher Education Assistance Agency, Raymond Bayer, Executive Director and CEO of Missouri Higher Education Loan Authority, Jeffrey Sloan, CEO of Global Payments, Inc., David Feitz, Executive Director of Cornorstone Education Loan Services/Utah Higher Education Assitance Authority, William Hollin, President and CEO of EdFinancial Services, James Farha, President of Oklahoma Student Loan Authority and Christiana Thornton, President and CEO of Granite State Management and Resources - Foster, Kaptur Lead Letter Urging Student Loan Servicers to Provide Relief for All Borrowers During COVID-19 Crisis
03/18/2020 Letter to the Hon. Betsy DeVos, Secretary of Education - Congressman Panetta Calls on Education Secretary Devos to Protect Students from Financial Impacts of COVID-19
01/15/2020 Letter to the Hon. Betsy DeVos, Secretary of the U.S. Education Department - Casten, Durbin, Duckworth Urge DeVos to Ban Harmful Student Seclusion, Restraint Practices
10/16/2019 Casten, Davis, and Spanberger Lead Bill to Protect Struggling Student Loan Borrowers
10/11/2019 Representatives Casten, Lee Introduce Pell Grant Sustainability Act
10/04/2019 Casten, Shalala, King Introduce the Stop College Closures Act of 2019
06/27/2019 Horn, Schrier, Casten, Allred Introduce Bill to Create Higher Service Standard for Student Loan Servicers
01/01/2018 Issue Position: Education
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