Anyone who hears that story says, why would I become a teacher?

We need to get control of our broken loan servicing system so that we never end up in this situations again.

It is a pretty simple promise that for 10 years, in exchange for you paying your debt each month for 10 years, you would get the rest of it forgiven.

This hearing is in a hybrid format. Our Members are in person, but we will have witnesses who are testifying both in-person and by video.

So this kind of debt relief would open the door for millions of Americans to have the freedom and the opportunity to build the lives that they want.

Last month, I led 60 of my House and Senate colleagues in calling on President Biden to extend the payment pause at least until March 2022.

The student loan servicers are not ready either.

When the Federal Government props up companies like that, that is the definition of 'too big to fail.'

This student loan time bomb could drag down our entire economic recovery when it explodes.

We need wholesale forgiveness, and we need it now. People have been cheated.

Senator Kennedy and I are from different parties, and we often hold different views, but we both believe in accountability.