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Nov. 6, 2023 Durbin, DeLauro Send Letter Urging Department Of Education To Recoup Funds From Predatory, For-Profit Colleges University Of Phoenix And Ashford University Sen. Dick Durbin
Sept. 21, 2023 Durbin Statement On Department Of Education's Move To Approve Borrower Defense Claims For Former University Of Phoenix Students Sen. Dick Durbin
Aug. 31, 2023 Durbin Statement On Department Of Education's Move To Approve Borrower Defense Claims For Former Ashford University Students Sen. Dick Durbin
July 26, 2023 Durbin, Colleagues Urge Department Of Education To Address Student Loan Debt Barriers For Incarcerated Individuals Sen. Dick Durbin
June 30, 2023 Durbin Statement On Supreme Court Striking Down Biden Administration's Student Loan Debt Relief Plan In Overreaching Decision Sen. Dick Durbin
June 1, 2023 Durbin Statement On Senate Vote To Overturn President Biden's Student Debt Relief Plan Sen. Dick Durbin
April 28, 2023 Durbin, Hirono, Wyden, Whitehouse, Booker Introduce Adjunct Faculty Loan Fairness Act To Expand Public Service Loan Forgiveness To Adjunct Professors Sen. Dick Durbin
Feb. 10, 2023 Durbin, Sanders, Murphy, Smith Urge Department Of Education To Inform Potential Students Of Low-Financial Value Postsecondary Programs Sen. Dick Durbin
Dec. 22, 2022 Tweet - "With the high costs of tuition, many students can't afford to purchase the expensive textbooks required for classes. Increased funding for the Open Textbook Program will provide relief for many students. Proud to have secured $12M for this program in the government funding bill." Sen. Dick Durbin
Oct. 31, 2022 Tweet - "I've long fought to protect students from predatory for-profit colleges. @usedgov 's updated regulations strengthen borrower defense and closed school discharge so that students who were defrauded or had their school shuttered see relief. https://ed.gov/news/press-rel" Sen. Dick Durbin
Oct. 18, 2022 Letter to Miguel Cardona, Secretary of Education - Durbin, Warren Urge Department Of Education To Hold Predatory For-Profit College Executives Accountable For Scamming Students Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
Oct. 4, 2022 Tweet - "For-profit colleges often bury first-gen, low-income, & veteran students in debt and worthless degrees. Critics of Biden's student debt relief plan have ignored the harm of this industry. Student loan forgiveness will give these students a second chance." Sen. Dick Durbin
Aug. 16, 2022 Durbin Releases Statement On Department Of Education's Group Discharge Of Student Borrowers Who Attended ITT Technical Institute Sen. Dick Durbin
Aug. 12, 2022 Letter to Hon. Miguel Cardona, Secretary of Education - Murray, Senate Dems Support Proposed Rules on Student Debt Relief Programs, Encourage Biden Admin to Further Strengthen Proposal Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
June 23, 2022 Durbin Statement On Department Of Education Settlement In Sweet V. Cardona Sen. Dick Durbin
June 2, 2022 Durbin Releases Statement On Department Of Education's Group Discharge Of Student Borrowers Who Attended Now-Shuttered Corinthian Colleges Sen. Dick Durbin
April 19, 2022 Durbin, Brown, Warren Applaud Biden Administration's Actions On Student Loan Program Sen. Dick Durbin
April 6, 2022 In Speech On Senate Floor, Durbin Highlights Corruption Of ITT Tech And For-Profit College Industry Sen. Dick Durbin
March 31, 2022 Letter to Miguel Cardona, Secretary of Education, Merrick Garland, Attorney General of the United States - Durbin, Schumer, Murray, Senators Call On Department Of Education, DOJ To Follow Through On Pledge To Improve Handling Of Student Debt Bankruptcy Claims Sen. Dick Durbin
March 31, 2022 Letter to Dr. Miguel Cardona, Secretary of Education, Merrick Garland, Attorney General of the United States - Menendez, Booker, Colleagues Call on Department of Education, DOJ to Follow Through on Pledge to Improve Handling of Student Debt Bankruptcy Claims Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
March 2, 2022 Lawson, Hayes, Torres, Warren, Sanders, Padilla, Murphy, Colleagues Urge Usda to Issue Clearer Guidance That Informs Students of Their SNAP Benefits Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
Feb. 16, 2022 Durbin Statement On Department Of Education Approving $415 Million In New Borrower Defense Relief For Students Defrauded By For-Profit Colleges Sen. Dick Durbin
Feb. 11, 2022 Letter to Hon. Chuck Schumer, Senate Majority Leader and Hon. Mitch McConnell, Senate Minority Leader - Brown, Capito Lead Colleagues in Urging Senate Leadership to Support Those Educating Our Future Health Professional Workforce in Next Legislative Package Sen. Ladda Duckworth, ...
Feb. 11, 2022 Letter to Hon. Rohit Chopra, Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau - Brown, Durbine, Senators Urge CFPB to Investigate Private Student Lenders' Compliance With Bankruptcy Law Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
Feb. 10, 2022 Letter to Hon. Robin Chopra, Director Consumer Financial Protection Bureau - Durbin, Brown, Senators Urge CFPB To Investigate Private Student Lenders' Compliance With Bankruptcy Law Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
Feb. 10, 2022 Letter to Hon. Chuck Schumer, Senate Majority Leader and Hon. Mitch McConnell, Senate Minority Leader - Kaine Joins Colleagues in Urging Senate Leadership to Support Those Educating Our Future Health Workforce Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
Dec. 10, 2021 Letter to Joseph R. Biden, President of the United States - Van Hollen, Warnock, Colleagues Urge Biden Administration to Extend Waiver on Student Loan Interest for Duration of COVID-19 National Emergency Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
Nov. 26, 2021 Congressman Krishnamoorthi Urges Senate To Pass Build Back Better Act With Provisions He Championed To Address Green Card Backlog Rep. Subramanian Krishnamoorthi
Nov. 23, 2021 Letter to Hon. Miguel Cardona, Secretary US Department of Education - Public Service Loan Forgiveness Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
Nov. 19, 2021 García, Correa, Espaillat Statement Following House Vote on the Historic Build Back Better Act Rep. Chuy Garcia, ...
Nov. 19, 2021 Casten Statement on Passage of Historic Investment to Combat Climate Crisis, Strengthen Our Economy, and Lower Costs for Illinois Families Rep. Sean Casten
Nov. 17, 2021 Letter to Hon. Miguel Cardona, Secretary of Education - Act on Promised Overhaul of Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program to Help Military Service Members Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
Nov. 5, 2021 Tweet - "Federal COVID relief funding is helping Illinois students like those at @IllinoisCentral get through these difficult times with less student loan debt." Sen. Dick Durbin
Nov. 2, 2021 Tweet - "After years of Besty DeVos shilling for the #4profit college industry, we finally have an Administration that will put students first. I led my colleagues in urging @SecCardona to expand protections and student loan relief for students in @usedgov current rulemaking." Sen. Dick Durbin
Oct. 21, 2021 Letter to Hon. Joe Biden, President of the United States; Hon. Nancy Pelosi, House Speaker; Hon. Charles Schumer, Senate Majority Leader - Childcare/Education in Build Back Better Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
Oct. 13, 2021 Letter to Hon. Janet Yellen, Treasury Secretary - Treasury Must Equip Public Schools to Help Distribute Funds to Families Rep. Danny Davis, ...
Sept. 14, 2021 Rep. Casten Visits Benedictine University to discuss direct relief for local students under American Rescue Plan Rep. Sean Casten
Sept. 8, 2021 Letter to Brandie V. Knazze, Commissioner of the Department of Family and Support Services - Rep. Garcia, Chicago Members of Congress Demand Answers from City Agency on head Start and Early Head Start Changes Rep. Robin Kelly, ...
Aug. 5, 2021 Letter to Hon. Miguel Cardona, Secretary of Education - King Seeking Debt Relief for Permanently Disabled Americans With Student Loans in Bipartisan Effort Sen. Ladda Duckworth, ...
Aug. 3, 2021 Durbin Delivers Opening Statement At Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing On Student Loan Bankruptcy Sen. Dick Durbin
Aug. 3, 2021 Durbin, Cornyn Introduce New, Bipartisan Bill To Allow Federal Student Loan Borrowers To Discharge Loans In Bankruptcy Sen. Dick Durbin
Aug. 3, 2021 Before Judiciary Committee Hearing On Student Loans, Durbin Meets With Illinois Attorney General Raoul Sen. Dick Durbin
Aug. 3, 2021 Durbin Questions Witnesses At Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing On Student Loan Bankruptcy Reform Sen. Dick Durbin
Aug. 3, 2021 Tweet - "45 million Americans carry student loan debt. 8 million are over the age of 50. These loans can stay with you for life. But it doesn't have to be this way. We can give struggling borrowers relief through bankruptcy. We can give them the fresh start they need." Sen. Dick Durbin
Aug. 2, 2021 Letter to the Hon. Miguel Cardona, Secretary of Education - Representatives Robin Kelly, Donald McEachin, Yvette Clarke, Danny Davis Write Letter in Support of PBI Grant Applications Rep. Robin Kelly, ...
Aug. 2, 2021 Letter to the Hon. Miguel Cardona, Secretary of the U.S. Department of Education - Durbin, Warren, Brown Urge Department Of Ed To Protect Students During Closure Of Fradulent Center For Excellence In Higher Education Schools Sen. Dick Durbin
July 22, 2021 Durbin, Duckworth, Hirono, Booker Introduce Bill To Expand Public Service Loan Forgiveness To Adjunct Professors Sen. Dick Durbin
July 9, 2021 Durbin Statement On Department Of Education Approving 1,600 Borrower Defense Claims For Former Westwood College Students Sen. Dick Durbin
July 9, 2021 Letter to Hon. Miguel Cardona, Secretary of Education - Senatory Murray Urges Education Department to Expand Debt Relief for Student Loan Borrowers Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
July 8, 2021 Durbin, Murray, Colleagues Submit Public Comment On Rulemaking To Department Of Education, Urge Accountability Of For-Profit Colleges Sen. Dick Durbin
Date Title Politician
Nov. 6, 2023 Durbin, DeLauro Send Letter Urging Department Of Education To Recoup Funds From Predatory, For-Profit Colleges University Of Phoenix And Ashford University Sen.Dick Durbin
Sept. 21, 2023 Durbin Statement On Department Of Education's Move To Approve Borrower Defense Claims For Former University Of Phoenix Students Sen.Dick Durbin
Aug. 31, 2023 Durbin Statement On Department Of Education's Move To Approve Borrower Defense Claims For Former Ashford University Students Sen.Dick Durbin
July 26, 2023 Durbin, Colleagues Urge Department Of Education To Address Student Loan Debt Barriers For Incarcerated Individuals Sen.Dick Durbin
June 30, 2023 Durbin Statement On Supreme Court Striking Down Biden Administration's Student Loan Debt Relief Plan In Overreaching Decision Sen.Dick Durbin
June 1, 2023 Durbin Statement On Senate Vote To Overturn President Biden's Student Debt Relief Plan Sen.Dick Durbin
April 28, 2023 Durbin, Hirono, Wyden, Whitehouse, Booker Introduce Adjunct Faculty Loan Fairness Act To Expand Public Service Loan Forgiveness To Adjunct Professors Sen.Dick Durbin
Feb. 10, 2023 Durbin, Sanders, Murphy, Smith Urge Department Of Education To Inform Potential Students Of Low-Financial Value Postsecondary Programs Sen.Dick Durbin
Dec. 22, 2022 Tweet - "With the high costs of tuition, many students can't afford to purchase the expensive textbooks required for classes. Increased funding for the Open Textbook Program will provide relief for many students. Proud to have secured $12M for this program in the government funding bill." Sen.Dick Durbin
Oct. 31, 2022 Tweet - "I've long fought to protect students from predatory for-profit colleges. @usedgov 's updated regulations strengthen borrower defense and closed school discharge so that students who were defrauded or had their school shuttered see relief. https://ed.gov/news/press-rel" Sen.Dick Durbin
Oct. 18, 2022 Letter to Miguel Cardona, Secretary of Education - Durbin, Warren Urge Department Of Education To Hold Predatory For-Profit College Executives Accountable For Scamming Students Sen.Dick Durbin, ...
Oct. 4, 2022 Tweet - "For-profit colleges often bury first-gen, low-income, & veteran students in debt and worthless degrees. Critics of Biden's student debt relief plan have ignored the harm of this industry. Student loan forgiveness will give these students a second chance." Sen.Dick Durbin
Aug. 16, 2022 Durbin Releases Statement On Department Of Education's Group Discharge Of Student Borrowers Who Attended ITT Technical Institute Sen.Dick Durbin
Aug. 12, 2022 Letter to Hon. Miguel Cardona, Secretary of Education - Murray, Senate Dems Support Proposed Rules on Student Debt Relief Programs, Encourage Biden Admin to Further Strengthen Proposal Sen.Dick Durbin, ...
June 23, 2022 Durbin Statement On Department Of Education Settlement In Sweet V. Cardona Sen.Dick Durbin
June 2, 2022 Durbin Releases Statement On Department Of Education's Group Discharge Of Student Borrowers Who Attended Now-Shuttered Corinthian Colleges Sen.Dick Durbin
April 19, 2022 Durbin, Brown, Warren Applaud Biden Administration's Actions On Student Loan Program Sen.Dick Durbin
April 6, 2022 In Speech On Senate Floor, Durbin Highlights Corruption Of ITT Tech And For-Profit College Industry Sen.Dick Durbin
March 31, 2022 Letter to Miguel Cardona, Secretary of Education, Merrick Garland, Attorney General of the United States - Durbin, Schumer, Murray, Senators Call On Department Of Education, DOJ To Follow Through On Pledge To Improve Handling Of Student Debt Bankruptcy Claims Sen.Dick Durbin
March 31, 2022 Letter to Dr. Miguel Cardona, Secretary of Education, Merrick Garland, Attorney General of the United States - Menendez, Booker, Colleagues Call on Department of Education, DOJ to Follow Through on Pledge to Improve Handling of Student Debt Bankruptcy Claims Sen.Dick Durbin, ...
March 2, 2022 Lawson, Hayes, Torres, Warren, Sanders, Padilla, Murphy, Colleagues Urge Usda to Issue Clearer Guidance That Informs Students of Their SNAP Benefits Sen.Dick Durbin, ...
Feb. 16, 2022 Durbin Statement On Department Of Education Approving $415 Million In New Borrower Defense Relief For Students Defrauded By For-Profit Colleges Sen.Dick Durbin
Feb. 11, 2022 Letter to Hon. Chuck Schumer, Senate Majority Leader and Hon. Mitch McConnell, Senate Minority Leader - Brown, Capito Lead Colleagues in Urging Senate Leadership to Support Those Educating Our Future Health Professional Workforce in Next Legislative Package Sen.Ladda Duckworth, ...
Feb. 11, 2022 Letter to Hon. Rohit Chopra, Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau - Brown, Durbine, Senators Urge CFPB to Investigate Private Student Lenders' Compliance With Bankruptcy Law Sen.Dick Durbin, ...
Feb. 10, 2022 Letter to Hon. Robin Chopra, Director Consumer Financial Protection Bureau - Durbin, Brown, Senators Urge CFPB To Investigate Private Student Lenders' Compliance With Bankruptcy Law Sen.Dick Durbin, ...
Feb. 10, 2022 Letter to Hon. Chuck Schumer, Senate Majority Leader and Hon. Mitch McConnell, Senate Minority Leader - Kaine Joins Colleagues in Urging Senate Leadership to Support Those Educating Our Future Health Workforce Sen.Dick Durbin, ...
Dec. 10, 2021 Letter to Joseph R. Biden, President of the United States - Van Hollen, Warnock, Colleagues Urge Biden Administration to Extend Waiver on Student Loan Interest for Duration of COVID-19 National Emergency Sen.Dick Durbin, ...
Nov. 26, 2021 Congressman Krishnamoorthi Urges Senate To Pass Build Back Better Act With Provisions He Championed To Address Green Card Backlog Rep.Subramanian Krishnamoorthi
Nov. 23, 2021 Letter to Hon. Miguel Cardona, Secretary US Department of Education - Public Service Loan Forgiveness Sen.Dick Durbin, ...
Nov. 19, 2021 García, Correa, Espaillat Statement Following House Vote on the Historic Build Back Better Act Rep.Chuy Garcia, ...
Nov. 19, 2021 Casten Statement on Passage of Historic Investment to Combat Climate Crisis, Strengthen Our Economy, and Lower Costs for Illinois Families Rep.Sean Casten
Nov. 17, 2021 Letter to Hon. Miguel Cardona, Secretary of Education - Act on Promised Overhaul of Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program to Help Military Service Members Sen.Dick Durbin, ...
Nov. 5, 2021 Tweet - "Federal COVID relief funding is helping Illinois students like those at @IllinoisCentral get through these difficult times with less student loan debt." Sen.Dick Durbin
Nov. 2, 2021 Tweet - "After years of Besty DeVos shilling for the #4profit college industry, we finally have an Administration that will put students first. I led my colleagues in urging @SecCardona to expand protections and student loan relief for students in @usedgov current rulemaking." Sen.Dick Durbin
Oct. 21, 2021 Letter to Hon. Joe Biden, President of the United States; Hon. Nancy Pelosi, House Speaker; Hon. Charles Schumer, Senate Majority Leader - Childcare/Education in Build Back Better Sen.Dick Durbin, ...
Oct. 13, 2021 Letter to Hon. Janet Yellen, Treasury Secretary - Treasury Must Equip Public Schools to Help Distribute Funds to Families Rep.Danny Davis, ...
Sept. 14, 2021 Rep. Casten Visits Benedictine University to discuss direct relief for local students under American Rescue Plan Rep.Sean Casten
Sept. 8, 2021 Letter to Brandie V. Knazze, Commissioner of the Department of Family and Support Services - Rep. Garcia, Chicago Members of Congress Demand Answers from City Agency on head Start and Early Head Start Changes Rep.Robin Kelly, ...
Aug. 5, 2021 Letter to Hon. Miguel Cardona, Secretary of Education - King Seeking Debt Relief for Permanently Disabled Americans With Student Loans in Bipartisan Effort Sen.Ladda Duckworth, ...
Aug. 3, 2021 Durbin Delivers Opening Statement At Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing On Student Loan Bankruptcy Sen.Dick Durbin
Aug. 3, 2021 Durbin, Cornyn Introduce New, Bipartisan Bill To Allow Federal Student Loan Borrowers To Discharge Loans In Bankruptcy Sen.Dick Durbin
Aug. 3, 2021 Before Judiciary Committee Hearing On Student Loans, Durbin Meets With Illinois Attorney General Raoul Sen.Dick Durbin
Aug. 3, 2021 Durbin Questions Witnesses At Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing On Student Loan Bankruptcy Reform Sen.Dick Durbin
Aug. 3, 2021 Tweet - "45 million Americans carry student loan debt. 8 million are over the age of 50. These loans can stay with you for life. But it doesn't have to be this way. We can give struggling borrowers relief through bankruptcy. We can give them the fresh start they need." Sen.Dick Durbin
Aug. 2, 2021 Letter to the Hon. Miguel Cardona, Secretary of Education - Representatives Robin Kelly, Donald McEachin, Yvette Clarke, Danny Davis Write Letter in Support of PBI Grant Applications Rep.Robin Kelly, ...
Aug. 2, 2021 Letter to the Hon. Miguel Cardona, Secretary of the U.S. Department of Education - Durbin, Warren, Brown Urge Department Of Ed To Protect Students During Closure Of Fradulent Center For Excellence In Higher Education Schools Sen.Dick Durbin
July 22, 2021 Durbin, Duckworth, Hirono, Booker Introduce Bill To Expand Public Service Loan Forgiveness To Adjunct Professors Sen.Dick Durbin
July 9, 2021 Durbin Statement On Department Of Education Approving 1,600 Borrower Defense Claims For Former Westwood College Students Sen.Dick Durbin
July 9, 2021 Letter to Hon. Miguel Cardona, Secretary of Education - Senatory Murray Urges Education Department to Expand Debt Relief for Student Loan Borrowers Sen.Dick Durbin, ...
July 8, 2021 Durbin, Murray, Colleagues Submit Public Comment On Rulemaking To Department Of Education, Urge Accountability Of For-Profit Colleges Sen.Dick Durbin
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