Bobby Scott: “You have apprehended and incarcerated 43,000?”

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

Instead, they’re forced to deal with uncertainty and chaos created by an administration that has systematically weakened the federal student aid system.

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.