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Sheldon Whitehouse's Public Statements on Issue: Education

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08/23/2022 Letter to Miguel Cardona, Secretary of Education - Wyden, Colleagues Call on Biden Administration to Extend Public Service Loan Forgiveness Waiver Deadline
08/12/2022 Letter to Hon. Miguel Cardona, Secretary of Education - Murray, Senate Dems Support Proposed Rules on Student Debt Relief Programs, Encourage Biden Admin to Further Strengthen Proposal
07/28/2022 Letter to Joseph Biden, President of the United States, and Miguel Cardona, Secretary of Education - Urging Biden Administration to Extend Student Loan Payment Pause
07/11/2022 Whitehouse Announces Funding to Launch Offshore Wind Job Training Certification Program for High School Students
06/21/2022 Letter to Chuck Schumer, Senate Majority Leader, and Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the House - Securing Additional Funding to Protect Student Internet Access
06/02/2022 Whitehouse Introduces Zero-percent Student Loan Refinancing Act
04/08/2022 Whitehouse Helps Secure Largest Pell Grant Increase Since 2009 and Pushes for Doubling of Maximum Grant Award
03/31/2022 Letter to Dr. Miguel Cardona, Secretary of Education, Merrick Garland, Attorney General of the United States - Menendez, Booker, Colleagues Call on Department of Education, DOJ to Follow Through on Pledge to Improve Handling of Student Debt Bankruptcy Claims
03/31/2022 Letter to Joseph R. Biden, Jr., President of the United States - Extend the Payment Pause and Cancel Student Debt
03/17/2022 Whitehouse, Padilla Introduce Bill to Grant Student Loan Forgiveness to Frontline Health Workers
03/16/2022 Whitehouse Introduces Bills to Grant Student Loan Forgiveness to Frontline Health Workers and Teachers
03/08/2022 Letter to Charles Schumer, Senate Majority Leader, Mitch McConnell, Senate Minority Leader - Gillibrand Calls For Senate To Extend USDA School Meal Programs; Calls For McConnell To Drop "Callous Opposition'
03/03/2022 Letter to Chuck Schumer, Senate Majority Leader, Mitch McConnell, Senate Minority Leader - Feinstein, Heinrich, Colleagues Urge Extension of USDA Support for School Meal Programs as Schools Transition Back to Normal Operations
02/11/2022 Letter to Hon. Rohit Chopra, Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau - Brown, Durbine, Senators Urge CFPB to Investigate Private Student Lenders' Compliance With Bankruptcy Law
02/10/2022 Letter to Hon. Robin Chopra, Director Consumer Financial Protection Bureau - Durbin, Brown, Senators Urge CFPB To Investigate Private Student Lenders' Compliance With Bankruptcy Law
12/16/2021 Letter to Hon. Miguel Cardona, Secretary of Education - Cardin, Van Hollen and Garamendi Urge U.S. Secretary of Education to Include Peace Corps Volunteers in new Student Loan Relief
12/16/2021 Letter to Miguel Cardona, Secretary of Education - Menendez and Booker Join Democratic Senate and House Colleagues in Urging Education Secretary to Provide Guidance to Parents on Gun Storage Safety
12/15/2021 Letter to Hon. Miguel Cardona, Secretary of Education - Following Oxford High School Shooting, Van Hollen, Murphy, Thompson, Stabenow, Peters, Blumenthal, Slotkin Urge Department Of Education To Issue Guidance On Safe Gun Storage
12/10/2021 Letter to Joseph R. Biden, President of the United States - Van Hollen, Warnock, Colleagues Urge Biden Administration to Extend Waiver on Student Loan Interest for Duration of COVID-19 National Emergency
12/06/2021 Letter to Joseph Biden, President of the United States of America - Student Loan Interest Waiver Extension
08/06/2021 Letter to Hon. Antony Blinken, Secretary of State - Padilla Urges State Department to Address International Student Visa Backlog
07/22/2021 Whitehouse Introduces The Tax-Free Pell Grant Act To Make Higher Education More Affordable
07/08/2021 Letter to Hon. Patty Murray, Chair of Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies and Hon. Roy Blunt, Ranking Member of Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies - Baldwin, Collins, Tester Lead Bipartisan Push for TRIO Program Funding to Assist First-Generation, Low-Income College Students
07/08/2021 Ri Head Start Programs Awarded $3 Million To Support Return To Full In-Person Learning
06/24/2021 Letter to the Hon. Joseph R. Biden, President of the United States - Duckworth, Durbin call on President Biden to extend pause on student loan payments

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