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Amy Klobuchar's Public Statements on Issue: Higher Education

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On The Ballot: Running, Democratic/Farmer/Labor for U.S. Senate (MN) - Sr

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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
06/11/2020 Letter to Mitch McConnell, Senate Majority Leader, and Chuck Schumer, Senate Minority Leader - Senators Shaheen and Hassan Urge Senate Leadership to Provide Much-Needed Relief for Higher Education Institutions in Upcoming COVID-19 Legislation
06/03/2020 Letter to the Hon. Betsy DeVos, Secretary of the Dept. of Education - Murray, Democratic Senators Urge DeVos to Rescind Harmful Title IX Rule and Focus on Student Safety
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
04/06/2020 Letter to Bruce Van Saun, Chairman and CEO of Citizens Financial Group, Joseph DePaulo, CEO of College Avenue Student Loans, LLC, Roger Hochschild, President and CEO of Discover Financial Services, Raymond Bayer, Executive Director & CEO of Higher Education Loan Authority of the State of Missouri, Vince Passione, CEO of LendKey, John Remondi, CEO of Navient Corporation, James Steeley, CEO of Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency, William Demchak, CEO of the PNC Financial Services Group, Inc., Steve Kohles, President of the Reunion Student Loan Finance Corporation, Raymond Quinlan, Chairman & CEO of the SLM Corporation, Anthony Noto, CEO of Social Finance, Inc., William Rogers, President & CEO of Truist Financial Corporation, Charles Scharf, President & CEO of Wells Fargo & Co. - Durbin, Democratic Colleagues Urge Student Loan Companies To Immediately Provide Relief To Private Student Loan Borrowers During The COVID-19 Pandemic
04/02/2020 Letter to Mitch McConnell, Chuck Schumer, Nancy Pelosi, and Kevin McCarthy - Merkley, Colleagues Continue Fight to Ensure All Students Can Continue Education Online During Coronavirus Pandemic
03/10/2020 Letter to the Hon. Betsy DeVos, Secretary of the U.S. Education Department - Durbin, Colleagues Push DeVos To Issue Clear Guidance On Coronavirus For Schools And Families Following Widespread School Closures
03/05/2020 U.S. Senators Klobuchar & Smith Announce Grants Totaling More Than $2 Million to Bemidji State University and St. Cloud State University
02/19/2020 Letter to the Hon. Betsy DeVos, Secretary of the U.S. Education Department - Van Hollen, Murray, Democrats Push Departments of Education and Labor to Withdraw Rules Allowing for Federally Sanctioned Discrimination
02/07/2020

New Hampshire Democratic Primary Debate
01/15/2020 Letter to Roxanne Rothschild, Executive Secretary of the National Labor Relations Board - Warren joins Murray, Colleagues in Denouncing NLRB Proposal to Strip Students Employed by Private Universities of Workplace Rights
01/14/2020

CNN/Des Moines Register January Democratic Debate
12/17/2019 Letter to the Hon. Mike Esper, Secretary of the U.S. Dept. of Defense - Warren, Brown, Adams, Colleagues Raise Concerns Over Inadequate DoD Science and Engineering Funding for Historically Black Colleges and Universities and other Minority Serving Institutions
12/06/2019 Klobuchar, Smith Laud Senate Passage of Bipartisan Legislation to Simplify the FAFSA, Improve Access to Affordable Student Loan Repayment Plans, and Support Tribal Colleges and Other Minority-Serving Institutions
12/06/2019 Letter to the Hon. Betsy DeVos, Secretary of the U.S. Education Department - Klobuchar, Smith Urge Department of Education to Address Loan Forgiveness for Defrauded Borrowers
12/01/2019 CNN "State of the Union" - Transcript: Interview With Sen. Amy Klobuchar
11/13/2019 Nomination of Steven J. Menashi
11/04/2019 Letter to the Hon. Mitch McConnell, Majority Leader of the United States Senate, Letter to the Hon. Charles Schumer, Minority Leader of the United States Senate - Senator Warren Joins Senate Colleagues in New Push to Renew Funding for Minority-Serving Institutions of Higher Education
10/28/2019 Letter to the Hon. Kathleen Kraninger, Dir. of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau - Durbin Demands CFPB Investigation Of Mismanagement Of Student Loan Forgiveness Program
10/08/2019 Letter to the Hon. Betsy DeVos, Secretary of Education of the U.S. Department of Education - Kaine Calls on DeVos to Fix Mismanagement of TEPSLF Program
10/02/2019 HELP Committee Chairman Alexander Sponsors Cassidy's College Transparency Act
09/19/2019 CNN "Anderson Cooper 360 Degrees" - Transcript: "Interview with Sen. Amy Klobuchar"
08/05/2019 Letter to the Hon. Betsy DeVos, Secretary of Education in the Department of Education - Cortez Masto, Colleagues Urge Secretary Devos to Fulfill Her Responsibility and Help Students Impacted by Sudden Closures of For-Profit Colleges
07/11/2019 Murphy, Hayes introduce legislation to address college hunger crisis
06/26/2019 NBC Democratic Party Presidential Debate Day 1

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