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Joaquin Castro's Public Statements on Issue: Higher Education

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On The Ballot: Running, Democratic for U.S. House (TX) - District 20

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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
04/07/2022 Padilla, Castro Introduce HERE Act to Address the Enduring Gap in College Completion for Hispanic Students
02/04/2022 Letter to Hon. Merrick Garland, Attorney General US Department of Justice, Congresswoman Wilson Leads Letter on Threats to HBCUs
12/16/2021 Letter to Hon. Miguel Cardona, Secretary of Education - Cardin, Van Hollen and Garamendi Urge U.S. Secretary of Education to Include Peace Corps Volunteers in new Student Loan Relief
06/24/2021 Rep. Castro to Co-Chair Hispanic Serving Institutions Caucus
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
02/19/2021 Spanberger, Cole, Castro, Moolenaar Reintroduce Bipartisan Bill to Include Head Start Jobs in Work-Study Programs, Give College Students Early Childhood Education Experience
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
08/03/2020 Letter to the Hon. Betsy DeVos, Secretary of the Dept. of Education - Committee Democrats to DeVos: Stop Unlawfully Withholding Emergency Aid from Students
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
05/13/2020 Reps. Castro, Eshoo, Matsui, Butterfield, Fudge, Blunt Rochester, Adams and Sen. Klobuchar Introduce Legislation to Support Broadband Connectivity for College Students in Need
05/04/2020 Letter to the Hon. Betsy DeVos, Secretary of the Dept. of Education - Committee Democrats Call on Secretary DeVos to Fix Borrower Defense Application Process
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
10/01/2019 Rep. Grijalva and the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Release Higher Education Priorities in Anticipation of Higher Education Act Reauthorization
09/18/2019 Castro, Marchant Introduce Bipartisan Transparency for Transfer Students Act
07/18/2019 Castro Introduces the HERE Act, Legislation Supporting Hispanic Students and Institutions for College and Beyond
05/10/2019 Letter to the Council for Higher Education Accreditation Committee on Recognition - Warren, Bonamici Lead Colleagues Urging Accreditation Council to Protect Students and Taxpayers by Denying Recognition to Troubled For-Profit College Accreditor ACICS
10/16/2018 Letter to the Honorable Betsy DeVos, Secretary of Education - Release More Information About Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program
07/11/2018 Castro, Comstock Introduce Bipartisan Resolution Recognizing the Importance of Diversity in STEM
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
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
07/14/2017 Castro Announces $5 Million for UTSA Cybersecurity Research
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
06/02/2017 Castro Announces $500K to Support UTSA and Local High School Students
03/14/2017 Letter to President Trump - Calls on Trump Administration to Increase Support for Pell Grants to Make Post-Secondary Education More Affordable
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