Issue Position: Education

Issue Position

Issue Position: Education

• Senior member of the House Education and Labor Committee.

• Successful in bringing more competition to the federal student loan program through creation of the Direct Loan program - increasing opportunities while lowering costs for the American taxpayer.

• Sponsor of the bipartisan Student Aid Reward Act to encourage more savings in the student loan program - with more funds available for Pell Grants and deficit reduction at no additional cost to the taxpayer.

• Strengthened the Troops to Teachers Program to encourage retiring military to become teachers - over 9,000 are now in our classrooms across the country.

• Won passage of proposal to speed specialized textbooks and other learning materials to sight-impaired students.

• Republican champion of provisions in the 2007 College Cost Reduction Act, signed into law in 2007, to cut billions in wasteful subsidies to lenders and devote savings to student aid.

• Introduced bill in 2007 to give states more flexibility in testing under No Child Left Behind, earning praise from local educators as well as from the national media.

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