On the recordDecember 12, 2019
Among the organizations supporting the resolution are the American Federation of Teachers, the Center for Responsible Lending, the Consumer Federation of America, the Education Trust, the National Association of College Admission Counseling, the NAACP, the National Education Association, the Student Veterans of America, and the American Legion on behalf of American veterans who have been victims of this fraud as well. When our resolution comes to the floor, I hope a handful of my Republican colleagues will take a look at it and realize that we have to give these students a second chance at their lives. We misled them into attending for-profit schools that were worthless. The schools defrauded them. They ended up with a debt to our government, and under the provisions of the Higher Education Act, that debt can be forgiven. Let's give these defrauded student borrowers a second chance. Ultimately, they deserve an opportunity from our government to have a better holiday coming before them and a better life ahead. I yield the floor. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Scott of Florida). The Senator from Ohio.
