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Nydia Velázquez's Public Statements on Issue: Higher Education

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On The Ballot: Running, Democratic for U.S. House (NY) - District 7

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06/12/2019 Velázquez Brings Medical Students, Doctors to Testify on Crippling Consequences of Student Debt to Entrepreneurship
11/29/2018 Letter to the Hon. Betsy DeVos, Secretary of Education - Lawmakers Call on Sec. DeVos to Rescind Title IX Proposed Rules
11/02/2018 Letter to The Honorable Robert Wilkie, Secretary of Veterans Affairs - Address Student Veteran GI Bill Benefit Delays
10/16/2018 Letter to the Honorable Betsy DeVos, Secretary of Education - Release More Information About Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program
10/01/2018 Letter to the Hon. Jeb Hensarling, Chairman of the House Financial Services Committee - Committee Should Investigate Failures to Protect Student Loan Borrowers at the CFPB
09/14/2018 Letter to the Hon. Betsy DeVos, Secretary of Education - House and Senate Democrats Condemn DeVos for Her Latest Attempt to Put Predatory Corporations and Institutions Over Students
09/14/2018 Letter to the Hon. Betsy DeVos, Secretary of Education - Serrano, Velázquez, Gillibrand, Warren, and Sanders Send Follow-Up Letter to Secretary Devos
08/29/2018 Letter to The Honorable Betsy Devos, US Secretary of Education - Velázquez Urges DeVos to Advocate for Student Borrowers, Not Predatory Lenders
06/18/2018 Letter to the Honorable Betsy DeVos, Secretary of Education - Warren, Harris, Takano, Adams, Espaillat, Colleagues Press Education Secretary for Action on Student Loan Borrowers of Color
05/23/2018 Letter to the Honorable Betsy Devos, Secretary of Education - Lawmakers Blast DeVos, Department of Education for Continuing to Fail Higher Ed. in Puerto Rico
04/06/2018 Serrano, Velazquez, and Gillibrand Urge Education Department to Revise Burdensome Disaster Funding Application Process
04/05/2018 Letter to the Hon. Betsy DeVos, Secretary of Education - Revise Burdensome Disaster Funding Application Process
03/19/2018 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
01/01/2018 Issue Position: Education
10/16/2017 Letter to the Hon. Betsy DeVos, Secretary of Education - Serrano, Velázquez, Plaskett, González-Colón Send Letter Urging DeVos to Provide More Assistance for Student Loan Borrowers in Puerto Rico and U.S. Virgin Islands Affected by Hurricanes
10/05/2017 Letter to the Hon. Rodney Frelinghuysen, Chairman of the House Appropriations Committee, the Hon. Nita Lowrey, Ranking Member of the House Appropriations Committee, the Hon. Tom Cole, Chairman of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies, and the Hon. Rosa DeLauro, Ranking Member of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies - Murphy Leads Bipartisan Effort in Congress to Help Florida and Other States Educate Students Displaced by Recent Hurricanes
09/15/2017 Letter to the Hon. Betsy DeVos, Secretary of Education - Reserve Rollback of Student Loan Borrower Protections
08/01/2017 Lawson Introduces Bill to Reduce Student Loan Debt
07/13/2017 Letter to the Hon. Betsy DeVos, Secretary of Education - Congressmembers Call on Education Department to Help Struggling Student Loan Borrowers
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
06/06/2017 Letter to the Hon. Chairman Tom Cole and the Hon. Ranking Member Rosa DeLauro of the Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies - Norcross, Ed & Workforce Dems Lead Fight to Preserve Subsidized Stafford Loans
03/14/2017 Letter to President Trump - Calls on Trump Administration to Increase Support for Pell Grants to Make Post-Secondary Education More Affordable
01/10/2017 Velazquez Bill Would Help Young Entrepreneurs Pay Off College Debt
12/05/2016 Apollo 11 50th Anniversary Commemorative Coin Act
11/02/2016 Letter to House Committee Leaders - Protect Pell Grant Funding
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