Dick Durbin: “This budget proposal is a huge step backwards in this area.”

Today’s news is devastating for the 2,500 skilled union workers impacted by the closure of the Tyson plant in Joslin, especially at a time when American families are struggling with the rising cost of living.

That’s why we’ve had an ongoing battle here in Washington for years against the for-profit college and university industry.

Small businesses need more support right now, and that’s exactly what the EBC is offering.

I have threatened some of these for-profit schools as a way of getting them to drop the loans that they were enforcing on these students, because I know what happens in the end.