Political Quotes

“I have an additional letter from 20 State attorneys general led by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Office of the Attorney General. I ask unanimous consent to have printed in the Record the letter dated January 14, 2020. There being no objection, the material was ordered to be printed in the Record, as follows: The Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Office of the Attorney General, Boston, MA, January 14, 2020. Senator Dick Durbin, Washington, DC. Representative Susie Lee, Washington, DC. Dear Senator Durbin and Representative Lee: We, the undersigned Attorneys General of Massachusetts, California, Delaware, the District of Columbia, Hawai'i, Illinois, Iowa, Maine, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Vermont, Virginia, and Washington write to express our support for the resolution of disapproval that you have introduced regarding the U.S. Department of Education's (``Department'') 2019 Borrower Defense Rule (``2019 Rule'') pursuant to the Congressional Review Act. In issuing the 2019 Rule, the Department has abdicated its Congressionally-mandated responsibility to protect students and taxpayers from the misconduct of unscrupulous schools. The rule provides no realistic prospect for borrowers to discharge their loans when they have been defrauded by predatory for-profit schools, and it eliminates financial responsibility requirements for those same institutions.…”