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Hakeem Jeffries' Public Statements on Issue: Higher Education

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On The Ballot: Running, Democratic for U.S. House (NY) - District 8

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04/23/2024 LEADER JEFFRIES STATEMENT ON COLLEGE CAMPUS UNREST IN NYC AND THROUGHOUT AMERICA
06/30/2023 LEADER JEFFRIES STATEMENT ON SUPREME COURT DECISION IN BIDEN V. NEBRASKA
06/29/2023 LEADER JEFFRIES STATEMENT ON SUPREME COURT DECISION ON AFFIRMATIVE ACTION
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
03/31/2022 Letter to Joseph R. Biden, Jr., President of the United States - Extend the Payment Pause and Cancel Student Debt
03/04/2022 Letter to Hon. Kathy Hochel, Governor of New York, Hon. Andrea Stewart-Cousins, Majority Leader of New York State Senate, and Carl Heastie, Speaker of the New York State Assembly - Members of New York Congressional Delegation Back Including Tuition Assistance for Incarcerated New Yorkers in Gov. Hochul's State Budget
10/10/2021 Tweet - "Life will sometimes knock you down. Don't give up. Get up. Commencement Address #BingPride #Classof2020"
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
07/08/2020 Tweet - "The Administration wants to reopen schools this Fall. They have no plan to keep our children safe. Has anyone heard from the so-called Education Secretary during any part of this pandemic? There. Is. No. Bottom."
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
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
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
03/14/2017 Letter to President Trump - Calls on Trump Administration to Increase Support for Pell Grants to Make Post-Secondary Education More 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
09/26/2016 Scott, Nadler and 68 Members of Congress Applaud NLRB's Columbia University Decision
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
01/01/2016 Issue Position: Education
10/07/2015 Future Forum
02/04/2015 In Support of the President's Fiscal Year 2016 Budget
12/05/2014 Rep. Hakeem Jeffries Partners with Sen. Leahy and Rep. Chabot to Pass Bipartisan Law School Clinic Certification Bill
09/15/2014 Law School Clinic Certification Program Establishment

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