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Student Loan Assistance
14 statements about Student Loan Assistance from 12 members since Jan 3, 2025.
Statements about Student Loan Assistance, last 12 weeks
DemRep● = 1 statement
Statements per week mentioning Student Loan Assistance, all members, split by party. Democrats stacked first, Republicans after, four to a row. Hover a dot for the member and headline; click a dot to search for that headline. Click a week to set the dates below. Aug 17, 2026 – Nov 6, 2026.
Most active on Student Loan Assistance · Aug 17 – Nov 6
- 1RJames LankfordOK1
- 2DPramila JayapalWA-071
- 3DTina SmithMN1
- 4DChristopher MurphyCT1
- 5DBrian SchatzHI1
- 6DSuzanne BonamiciOR-011
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Lankford, Cruz Introduce Bill to Protect Students Pursuing Ministry From Losing Federal Student Aid
Introduced bill to protect students pursuing ministry from losing federal student aid based on earnings tests.
“A student who feels called to pastor a church or serve as a missionary should not lose access to student aid because Washington measures the value of that calling by a paycheck”
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Jayapal Introduces the Students Not Profits Act
Introduced legislation to protect students from for-profit college exploitation.
“Higher education is inaccessible to Americans in every corner of this country as astronomical student loan debt weighs on millions. Congress must act to protect students from the exploitative practices of for-profit corporate universities that prey on vulnerable students”
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Smith, Baldwin and Murphy reintroduced bill to forgive student loans for beginning farmers.
“To keep Minnesota’s agriculture economy thriving, we need to continue to invest in the next generation of farmers as the average age of farmers keeps going up. There is more we can be doing to help future farmers fill their shoes”
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Reintroduced bill to forgive student loan debt for beginning farmers and ranchers.
“Between the trade war, the Iran war, and his devastating cuts to agricultural programs, Donald Trump has sent farm bankruptcies surging and thrown our farming industry into a full-blown crisis”
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Schatz, Pocan Introduce Legislation to End Student Loan Debt Crisis
Introduced bill to provide states matching grants for debt-free college programs.
“Solving the student loan debt crisis means focusing on the full cost of college – that includes books, room and board, and supplies”
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Bonamici Introduces Legislation to Prevent Student Loan Default
Introduced bill to automatically enroll struggling student loan borrowers in income-driven repayment plans.
“Bureaucratic hurdles should not keep student loan borrowers from more affordable repayment plans”
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Introduced bill to reverse Trump administration's limits on graduate student loan borrowing.
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Announced $69,498 in federal funding for Virginia's John R. Justice student loan repayment program.
“Our prosecutors and public defenders play a critical role in upholding the rule of law and ensuring Virginians have access to justice”
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Introduced bill to prevent Social Security garnishment for seniors with student debt.
“As a result of Trump’s disastrous cuts to education, an increasing number of seniors are in danger of having their Social Security checks garnished to pay back student loans they took out decades ago. That is beyond unacceptable”
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Foster Introduces Legislation to Reduce Student Loan Burden on Parents
Introduced legislation allowing students to assume Parent PLUS loan debt from parents.
“With rising tuition and the overall cost of living continuing to increase, families should have greater flexibility in deciding who assumes responsibility for Parent PLUS loan debt based on their financial situations”
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ED Confirms to Warren That They Are Weighing Sale of Federal Student Loan Portfolio
Released Department of Education response confirming it is weighing sale of federal student loan portfolio.
“Instead of helping Americans drowning with student loan debt, Trump is thinking up ways to make life worse for borrowers”
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Warren, Schumer, Sanders Statement on Reported Attorneys General Investigations into MOHELA
Praised state attorneys general investigations into student loan servicer MOHELA's mismanagement.
“MOHELA’s mismanagement of Americans’ student loans has resulted in a series of abuses for hundreds of thousands of borrowers.”
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Introduced bill to expand affordable income-driven repayment options for Parent PLUS student loan borrowers.
“Our student debt system is broken, and Black and Latino communities are hit the hardest”
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Warren, Blumenthal, Duckworth Ramp Up Investigation Into MOHELA’s Predatory Website Terms of Use
Escalated investigation into MOHELA's predatory website terms affecting student borrowers.
“MOHELA has imposed an exploitative set of Terms upon all borrowers that set up an account on its website…[Y]our response indicates a worrying disregard for borrowers’ rights.”
Sources: members’ press releases from their official websites (since the 119th Congress began (Jan 3, 2025)) and the Congressional Record (since Aug 2026). Statements are tagged to Student Loan Assistance by AI reading of the full text. Quotes are shown only when they match the archived source text word for word.