| April 18, 2024
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Durbin Speaks With USCIS Director Jaddou Following Senator's Letter Calling On USCIS To Process DACA Renewal Applications After Reports Of Delay
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Sen. Dick Durbin
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| March 18, 2024
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Durbin Announces $750,000 for National Louis University School of Nursing
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Sen. Dick Durbin
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| Feb. 6, 2024
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Durbin, Duckworth Talk Accessibility Of Higher ED, Job Training Programs With Illinois Higher Education Leaders
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Sen. Dick Durbin
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| Feb. 1, 2024
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Durbin Introduces Bill To Create Interagency Committee To Improve Oversight Over For-Profit College Industry
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Sen. Dick Durbin
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| Dec. 5, 2023
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Durbin Reintroduces Bill To Create Student Loan Borrower Bill Of Rights
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Sen. Dick Durbin
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| Oct. 24, 2023
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Durbin, Waters Introduce CLASS Act To Give Student Defrauded By For-Profit Colleges Their Day In Court
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Sen. Dick Durbin
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| Oct. 16, 2023
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Durbin Releases Statement for the Record for Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing on Name, Image, and Likeness, and the Future of College Sports
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Sen. Dick Durbin
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| Sept. 29, 2023
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Durbin, Duckworth, Budzinski Announce $5 Million For University Of Illinois Urbana-Champaign To Establish National University Rail Center Of Excellence
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Sen. Dick Durbin
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| Sept. 29, 2023
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Durbin, Duckworth, Budzinski Announce $5 Million For University Of Illinois Urbana-Champaign To Establish National University Rail Center Of Excellence
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Sen. Ladda Duckworth
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| Sept. 28, 2023
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Durbin Statement On Department Of Education's New Gainful Employment Rule
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Sen. Dick Durbin
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| Sept. 22, 2023
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Durbin, Duckworth Announce More Than $2.3 Million To Support Hispanic-Serving Institutions
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Sen. Ladda Duckworth
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| Sept. 22, 2023
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Durbin, Duckworth Announce More Than $2.3 Million To Support Hispanic-Serving Institutions
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Sen. Dick Durbin
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| Sept. 11, 2023
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Durbin, Warren, Blumenthal Warn University Of Idaho On The Dangers Of Purchasing Predatory For-Profit College University Of Phoenix
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Sen. Dick Durbin
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| Sept. 7, 2023
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Durbin Applauds Department Of Education's Move To Approve Borrower Defense Claims For Former Ashford University Students
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Sen. Dick Durbin
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| Aug. 31, 2023
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Durbin Statement On Department Of Education's Move To Approve Borrower Defense Claims For Former Ashford University Students
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Sen. Dick Durbin
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| Aug. 18, 2023
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Durbin Attends Illinois State University's Nursing School Campus Ribbon Cutting
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Sen. Dick Durbin
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| July 26, 2023
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Durbin, Colleagues Urge Department Of Education To Address Student Loan Debt Barriers For Incarcerated Individuals
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Sen. Dick Durbin
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| June 30, 2023
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Durbin Statement On Supreme Court Striking Down Biden Administration's Student Loan Debt Relief Plan In Overreaching Decision
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Sen. Dick Durbin
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| June 29, 2023
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Durbin Statement On Supreme Court Rejecting Affirmative Action In College Admissions
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Sen. Dick Durbin
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| June 8, 2023
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Durbin Joins Schatz, Pocan To Reintroduce Legislation To End Student Loan Debt Crisis
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Sen. Dick Durbin
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| June 1, 2023
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Durbin Statement On Senate Vote To Overturn President Biden's Student Debt Relief Plan
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Sen. Dick Durbin
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| May 31, 2023
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Durbin Joins NAFSA Annual Conference To Talk About Study Abroad Programs And Immigration
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Sen. Dick Durbin
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| May 3, 2023
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Durbin Leads Colleagues In Penning Letter To Departments Of Education, Defense, And Veterans Affairs Warning Against Predatory For-Profit College University Of Phoenix
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Sen. Dick Durbin
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| April 28, 2023
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Durbin, Hirono, Wyden, Whitehouse, Booker Introduce Adjunct Faculty Loan Fairness Act To Expand Public Service Loan Forgiveness To Adjunct Professors
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Sen. Dick Durbin
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| April 21, 2023
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Durbin Warns Illinois Education Professionals To Sound The Alarm On For-Profit Colleges
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Sen. Dick Durbin
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| March 27, 2023
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Durbin, King, Smith, Sinema, Neguse Introduce Legislation To Help Make College Textbooks More Affordable
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Sen. Dick Durbin
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| March 21, 2023
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Durbin, Krishnamoorthi Join Merkley To Protect Students From Worthless Degrees
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Sen. Dick Durbin
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| March 21, 2023
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Durbin, Krishnamoorthi Join Merkley To Protect Students From Worthless Degrees
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Sen. Dick Durbin
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| Feb. 10, 2023
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Letter to Miguel Cardona, Secretary of Education - Cassidy, Foxx, Colleagues Urge Biden Administration to Revoke their Reckless Student Loan Scheme
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Rep. Mike Bost, ...
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| Feb. 10, 2023
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Durbin, Sanders, Murphy, Smith Urge Department Of Education To Inform Potential Students Of Low-Financial Value Postsecondary Programs
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Sen. Dick Durbin
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| Dec. 22, 2022
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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."
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Sen. Dick Durbin
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| Oct. 31, 2022
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Tweet - "Justice Jackson is right: Why should some families ("legacies") and backgrounds be honored at universities and not others? Affirmative action has helped generations of well-qualified students access higher education--and helps our workforce reflect the diversity of America itself."
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Sen. Dick Durbin
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| Oct. 31, 2022
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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"
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Sen. Dick Durbin
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| Oct. 18, 2022
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Letter to Miguel Cardona, Secretary of Education - Durbin, Warren Urge Department Of Education To Hold Predatory For-Profit College Executives Accountable For Scamming Students
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Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
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| Oct. 13, 2022
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Letter to Miguel Cardona, Secretary of Education - Rep. Roy leads fight to investigate universities' and Big Tech's "unconstitutional diversity quotas' for graduate fellowships
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Rep. Mary Miller, ...
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| Oct. 4, 2022
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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."
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Sen. Dick Durbin
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| Sept. 7, 2022
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Durbin Introduces Legislation To Improve Accountability Of Foreign Medical Schools Receiving Federal Student Aid
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Sen. Dick Durbin
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| Aug. 23, 2022
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Letter to Miguel Cardona, Secretary of Education - Wyden, Colleagues Call on Biden Administration to Extend Public Service Loan Forgiveness Waiver Deadline
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Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
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| Aug. 23, 2022
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Letter to Hon. Miguel Cardona, Secretary of Education - Cortez Masto Calls on Admin to Speed Loan Forgiveness Program Changes for Military Service Members
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Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
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| Aug. 16, 2022
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Durbin Releases Statement On Department Of Education's Group Discharge Of Student Borrowers Who Attended ITT Technical Institute
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Sen. Dick Durbin
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| July 28, 2022
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Letter to Joseph Biden, President of the United States, and Miguel Cardona, Secretary of Education - Urging Biden Administration to Extend Student Loan Payment Pause
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Rep. Danny Davis, ...
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| July 8, 2022
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Tweet - "Today I visited @WesternILUniv to announce $2M in federal funding I secured for an emergency operations facility and $200K to support WIU's ongoing work to help keep grocery stores open in rural areas."
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Sen. Dick Durbin
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| June 23, 2022
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Durbin Statement On Department Of Education Settlement In Sweet V. Cardona
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Sen. Dick Durbin
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| June 9, 2022
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Tweet - "Since 2016, I've been urging @usedgov to discharge the federal student loans of Illinoisans who were scammed out of a decent education by the predatory, for-profit Westwood College. Today, I urged @SecCardona again to finally erase the student debt of 3,600 deserving Illinoisans."
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Sen. Dick Durbin
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| May 24, 2022
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Letter to Christi Grimm, Inspector General of the Department of Health and Human Services - Lankford, Bicameral Members Want Immediate Check On Claims Of Fetal Tissue Research at University of Pittsburgh
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Rep. Mike Bost, ...
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| May 19, 2022
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Letter to Robert C. "Bobby" Scott, Chairman of the House Committee on Education and Labor - Davidson Calls on Ed & Labor Committee to Reevaluate Student Loan Program
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Rep. Mary Miller, ...
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| April 27, 2022
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Letter to Hon. Rosa DeLauro, Chair Labor, Health and Human Services, Education Subcommittee, and Hon. Tom Cole, Ranking Member Labor, Health and Human Services, Education Subcommittee - Neguse Leads Letter Urging Investments in Textbook Affordability Program
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Rep. Sean Casten, ...
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| April 22, 2022
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Letter to Hon. Miguel Cardona, Secretary of Education - Senator Baldwin Joins Colleagues Asking Department of Education for its Plans to Provide a "Fresh Start" to Student Loan Borrowers in Default
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Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
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| April 19, 2022
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Durbin, Brown, Warren Applaud Biden Administration's Actions On Student Loan Program
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Sen. Dick Durbin
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| April 14, 2022
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Letter to Miguel Cardona, Secretary of Education - Brown, Warren, Durbin Urge Review of Student Loan Program Mismanagement
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Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
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| April 6, 2022
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In Speech On Senate Floor, Durbin Highlights Corruption Of ITT Tech And For-Profit College Industry
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Sen. Dick Durbin
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| April 1, 2022
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Tweet - "I joined my colleagues in urging @SecCardona to carry out his commitment to change the way the Department of Education handles claims by student borrowers in bankruptcy. This will help students, and it's long overdue."
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Sen. Dick Durbin
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| April 1, 2022
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Durbin Statement On Closure Of Lincoln College
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Sen. Dick Durbin
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| March 31, 2022
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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
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Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
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| March 31, 2022
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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
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Sen. Dick Durbin
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| March 31, 2022
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Letter to Joseph R. Biden, Jr., President of the United States - Extend the Payment Pause and Cancel Student Debt
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Rep. Danny Davis, ...
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| March 30, 2022
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Durbin Talks Research Funding With University Of Chicago President
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Sen. Dick Durbin
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| March 30, 2022
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Tweet - "Enjoyed speaking with @UChicago President Paul Alivisatos today about research funding. It's vital that our federal government invests in groundbreaking research, and I remain a committed federal partner in securing funding for science and innovation in IL."
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Sen. Dick Durbin
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| March 28, 2022
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Durbin Introduces Legislation To Restore Veteran Education Benefits After Unaccredited, For-Profit College Scams Illinois Veterans
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Sen. Dick Durbin
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| March 10, 2022
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U.S. Sens. Smith, Durbin, King, Sinema, Rep. Neguse Introduce Bicameral Legislation to Help Make College Textbooks More Affordable
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Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
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| March 8, 2022
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Durbin Delivers Opening Remarks During Hearing On Rise Of Hate Crimes Following Recent Synagogue Attack In Colleyville, TX And Nationwide HBCU Bomb Threats
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Sen. Dick Durbin
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| March 4, 2022
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Tweet - "If you're a public service worker in Illinois or anywhere across the United States, make sure you take advantage of the PSLF Limited Waiver before 10/31/22. More information on how to do so can be found below."
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Sen. Dick Durbin
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| March 3, 2022
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Tweet - "Attention Illinois Community Colleges: @USDOL has announced $45M to help marginalized and underrepresented populations overcome barriers to access career and technical education programs that can help connect them with good-paying jobs."
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Sen. Dick Durbin
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| March 2, 2022
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Lawson, Hayes, Torres, Warren, Sanders, Padilla, Murphy, Colleagues Urge Usda to Issue Clearer Guidance That Informs Students of Their SNAP Benefits
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Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
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| Feb. 16, 2022
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Durbin Statement On Department Of Education Approving $415 Million In New Borrower Defense Relief For Students Defrauded By For-Profit Colleges
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Sen. Dick Durbin
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| Feb. 15, 2022
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In Senate Floor Speech, Durbin Calls Out Nefarious For-Profit Operator Dr. Arthur Keiser For His Conflict Of Interest As Chair Of NACIQI
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Sen. Dick Durbin
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| Feb. 11, 2022
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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
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Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
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| Feb. 11, 2022
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Duckworth Highlights Workforce Development Efforts at Lincoln Land Community College
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Sen. Ladda Duckworth
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| Feb. 11, 2022
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Durbin, Colleagues Introduce Legislation To Retain International Graduates With Advanced STEM Degrees
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Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
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| Feb. 11, 2022
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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
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Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
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| Feb. 10, 2022
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Letter to Hon. Robin Chopra, Director Consumer Financial Protection Bureau - Durbin, Brown, Senators Urge CFPB To Investigate Private Student Lenders' Compliance With Bankruptcy Law
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Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
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| Feb. 9, 2022
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Davis, Casey Introduce Legislation to Foster Success in Higher Education for Foster and Homeless Youth
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Rep. Danny Davis
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| Feb. 8, 2022
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Duckworth, Durbin Emphasize the Importance of Supporting Higher Education With Presidents of Illinois Colleges & Universities
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Sen. Ladda Duckworth
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| Feb. 8, 2022
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U.S. House Of Representatives Passes Bipartisan College Transparency Act Led By Congressman Krishnamoorthi
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Rep. Subramanian Krishnamoorthi
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| Feb. 7, 2022
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Tweet - "I have long called for @usedgov to change its practice of challenging student loan bankruptcy claims in court. This is a positive step forward."
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Sen. Dick Durbin
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