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Mark Pocan's Public Statements on Issue: Higher Education

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On The Ballot: Running, Democratic for U.S. House (WI) - District 2

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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
07/28/2022 Letter to Joseph Biden, President of the United States, and Miguel Cardona, Secretary of Education - Urging Biden Administration to Extend Student Loan Payment Pause
02/04/2022 Letter to Hon. Merrick Garland, Attorney General US Department of Justice, Congresswoman Wilson Leads Letter on Threats to HBCUs
06/24/2021 Letter to the Hon. Joseph R. Biden, President of the United States - Duckworth, Durbin call on President Biden to extend pause on student loan payments
06/23/2021 Letter to President Joseph R. Biden - Pressley, Warren, Schumer, Courtney Lead Call Urging Biden to Extend Pause on Student Loan Payments
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
07/09/2020 Letter to Matthew Albence, Acting Director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Chad Wolf, Acting Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security - House and Senate Democrats Urge ICE and DHS to Immediately Withdraw New Guidance that Threatens International Students with Deportation
07/09/2020 Letter to Matthew T. Albence, Deputy Director of the US. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and Chad F. Wolf, Acting Secreatry of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security - Pressley, Lawmakers Urge ICE and DHS to Immediately Withdraw New Guidance that Threatens International Students with Deportation
03/20/2020 Letter to the Hon. Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the House, and the Hon. Kevin McCarthy, House Minority Leader - Cicilline Leading Effort to Help Student Loan Borrowers
03/20/2020 Letter to the Hon. Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the House of Representatives, and the Hon. Kevin McCarthy, House Minority Leader - Reps. Pressley and Omar Lead Colleagues in Urging House Leadership to Include Student Debt Cancellation in Upcoming Coronavirus Relief Package
11/29/2018 Letter to the Hon. Betsy DeVos, Secretary of Education - Lawmakers Call on Sec. DeVos to Rescind Title IX Proposed Rules
10/16/2018 Letter to the Honorable Betsy DeVos, Secretary of Education - Release More Information About Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program
12/11/2017 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
11/11/2017 Letter to the Hon. Lamar Alexander, and the Hon. Patty Murray, Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions - Take Up The Thompson-Krishnamoorthi Act
06/10/2017 Letter to the Honorable Betsy DeVos, Secretary of US Department of Education - Student Loan Servicing Contract and Protections of Student Loan Borrowers
03/07/2017 Letter to the Hon. Steven Mnuchin and the Hon. Betsy DeVos, Secretary of the Treasury and Secretary of Education - Calling On Administration to Help Student Loan Borrowers Keep Payments Affordable
11/28/2016 Letter to the Hon. John King, Acting Secretary of Education - Protect Student Loan Borrowers, Reduce Default Rates
11/02/2016 Letter to House Committee Leaders - Protect Pell Grant Funding
07/06/2016 Letter to the Honorable Harold Rogers, Chairman of the House Committee on Appropriations, the Honorable Tom Cole, Chairman of the House Subcommittee on the Departments of Labor, Health, and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Committee on Appropriations, the Honorable Nita M. Lowey, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Appropriations, and the Honorable Rosa L. DeLauro, Ranking Member of the House Subcommittee on the Departments of Labor, Health, and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Committee on Appropriations - Pell Grant Protections
04/29/2016 Letter to the Honorable John King, Secretary of the U.S. Department of Education - Urge for Education Secretary to Provide Full Debt Relief to Defrauded Student Borrowers
10/01/2015 Letter to the Hon. Jacob Lew, Secretary, United States Department of the Treasury and the Hon. Arne Duncan, Secretary, United States Department of Education - Improve Student Loan Repayment
06/04/2015 Letter to Arne Duncan, Secretary of Education - Simplify Financial Aid
04/18/2013 Letter to Chairman Kingston and Ranking Member DeLauro - High School Equivalency Program and the College Assistance Migrant Program Funding
03/20/2013 Letter to Chuck Hagel, Secretary of Defense - Military Tuition Assistance
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