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Bernie Sanders' Public Statements on Issue: Higher Education

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02/28/2024 Warren, Schumer, Sanders Statement Calling For Investigation Into Student Loan Mismanagement By MOHELA
02/12/2024 Sanders, Murray, Scott, and 106 Colleagues Urge Department of Education to Address FAFSA Rollout Issues
11/15/2023 Chairman Sanders Delivers Senate Floor Speech in Defense of Student Debt Relief
11/08/2023 NEWS: Sanders Stands with UVM Graduate Student Workers Moving to Unionize
06/30/2023 NEWS: Sanders Statement on Supreme Court Overturning Student Debt Cancellation
06/14/2023 NEWS: Sanders, Jayapal and Colleagues Introduce Legislation to Make College Tuition- and Debt-Free for Working Families
10/18/2022 Tweet - "President Biden's Student Loan Debt Relief application is now open, and it takes less than five minutes to apply. This is a MAJOR first step. Next step: Make education a fundamental right for all, not a privilege for the wealthy few. Apply today: https://studentaid.gov/debt-relief/application"
08/28/2022 Tweet - "We will not allow Republicans to divide us up between those working class Americans who went to college and left deeply in debt against those who did not. All of us need to stand together for an economy that works for all, not just the 1%."
08/27/2022 Tweet - "Never Forget: 83% of the Trump tax breaks are going to the top 1%. 87% of Biden's student loan benefits are going to individuals making $75,000 or less and 0% are going to the top 1%. Yes. It's about time we stood up for working class families."
08/26/2022 Tweet - "I hear Republicans complaining about $20,000 in student debt forgiveness. Funny, I didn't hear those complaints when Trump declared bankruptcy 6 times & had $287 million in loans forgiven by big banks. The GOP l-o-v-e-s socialism for the rich, rugged individualism for the rest."
08/24/2022 NEWS: Sanders on President Biden's Student Debt Announcement
08/23/2022 Letter to Hon. Miguel Cardona, Secretary of Education - Cortez Masto Calls on Admin to Speed Loan Forgiveness Program Changes for Military Service Members
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
05/31/2022 Tweet - "Cancel it. Every penny."
04/27/2022 Tweet - "The federal government bailed out the banks. Trump and the Republicans gave huge tax cuts to the wealthy. Congress is about to hand $10 billion to Jeff Bezos to go the moon. Yes, we can afford to cancel all student debt."
04/22/2022 Letter to Hon. Miguel Cardona, Secretary of Education - Senator Baldwin Joins Colleagues Asking Department of Education for its Plans to Provide a "Fresh Start" to Student Loan Borrowers in Default
03/31/2022 Letter to Joseph R. Biden, Jr., President of the United States - Extend the Payment Pause and Cancel Student Debt
03/02/2022 Lawson, Hayes, Torres, Warren, Sanders, Padilla, Murphy, Colleagues Urge Usda to Issue Clearer Guidance That Informs Students of Their SNAP Benefits
02/13/2022 Tweet - "How does it happen that SoFI, a student loan re-financing company, could spend $625 million to put its name on the LA Rams football stadium when 45 million Americans are drowning in $1.8 trillion in student debt? Today would be a good day for the President to cancel student debt."
01/26/2022 Letter to Hon. Joseph Biden, President of the United States of America - Schumer, Warren, Jayapal, Pressley, Omar, Porter Urge President Biden To Deliver On Promise To Cancel Student Debt
12/07/2021 Letter to Hon. Miguel Cardona, Secretary of Education - Booker, Krishnamoorthi Lead Colleagues in Calling on U.S. Department of Education to Facilitate Student Civic Engagement in Institutions of Higher Education
12/06/2021 Letter to Hon. Miguel Cardona, Secretary of Education - Warner, Kaine & Colleagues Call on U.S. Department of Education to Facilitate Student Civic Engagement in Higher Education Institutions
11/23/2021 Letter to Hon. Miguel Cardona, Secretary US Department of Education - Public Service Loan Forgiveness
11/17/2021 Letter to Hon. Miguel Cardona, Secretary of Education - Act on Promised Overhaul of Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program to Help Military Service Members
08/09/2021 NEWS: Senate Budget Chairman Sanders and Majority Leader Schumer Introduce Historic Budget Resolution
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