Tag: student loans

The policy he announced at the White House was “a game changer,” and in the Roosevelt Room, right before students returned to campus for the fall semester, President Biden vowed he would “never apologize...

U.S. Rep. John Rutherford, R-Fla., is leading Republicans on Capitol Hill in asking the Biden administration if the White House’s student loan forgiveness plan will hurt the military’s recruitment efforts. Rutherford teamed up with U.S....

Imagine you’re in a boat on the high seas. The waves are crashing around you and water is gathering at your ankles. There’s a gaping hole in the hull and it’s clearly the source of...

This week, U.S. Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., said he will be “fighting tooth and nail” to get Republicans to back a proposal he offered at the start of the summer on student debt loan...

Before Nick Saban settled on becoming a football coach, he had visions of owning a car dealership. As owner, Saban’s plan was to not have sales quotas. He felt, and feels, results-based leadership is...

Dear Mr. President, As chair of the Higher Education and Workforce Investment Subcommittee, I write to express my sincerest gratitude for your leadership on the overarching student crisis, especially in light of the White House’s...

This week, U.S. Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., introduced the “Debt Cancellation Accountability Act,” insisting it will help “prevent the Biden administration from enacting an overreaching, fiscally irresponsible blanket cancellation of student loans.” U.S. Sens. John...

Backers of the proposal noted that more than 43 million Americans have $1.6 trillion in federal student loan debts.

In 2018 and again in 2019, Rubio teamed up with U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., to on the “Protecting Job Opportunities for Borrowers (Protecting JOBs) Act” which “would help to ensure borrowers are not inhibited from working in their trained field solely because they fell behind on their federal student loan payments” and “would prevent states from suspending, revoking or denying state professional, teaching, or driver’s licenses solely because a borrower falls behind on their federal student loan payments.”

Last week, U.S. Rep. Greg Steube, R-Fla., unveiled the “Modern GI Bill Act” which “allows veterans who are entitled to Post-9/11 educational assistance through the GI Bill to use eligible funds to repay federal student loans.”

On Friday, U.S. Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., introduced the first of his series of proposals to help rein in the costs of higher education. 

Two members of the Florida delegation--Democrat U.S. Rep. Donna Shalala and Republican U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz--are teaming up to push more transparency for Americans with student loans. Shalala and Gaetz are championing the “Student Loan...