Bobby Scott: “I just wanted to point out that the gentleman from Utah has suggested the need to reduce the deficit. The Congressional…”

It’s difficult to articulate how impractical these proposals are, to say nothing of the pain and suffering they’ll inflict on students, educators and their communities, if they were to become law.

Codifying this new system without assessing its effectiveness just doesn’t make any sense.

Treasury has no expertise serving students or institutions of higher education or monitoring servicers for accuracy.

The sweeping changes to the federal student loan system originating from that law are compounding the issues that have risen from the dismantling of the Education Department.