Bobby Scott: “The gentleman indicated that last year was the third largest deficit in the history of the United States. When were the…”

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.

The repeal represents the federal government walking away from that responsibility, which jeopardizes the hard-fought progress we have made.

The administration had been illegally creating these interagency agreements, which are extremely inefficient and wasteful, and also result in inconsistent enforcement of federal education policy.

Student loan debt now exceeds $1.7 trillion. Borrowers need clear guidance and certainty.