Education | Congressman Joe Courtney

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Rep. Courtney, Senator Warren Introduce Bicameral Bill to Give Student Loan Borrowers Access to Historic Low Rates Amid COVID-19
July 1, 2020
Press Release
“Interest rates have reached historic lows across the country during the COVID-19 pandemic,” said Congressman Courtney.
Issues: Education
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Courtney Introduces Bill to Give Student Borrowers a Fair Deal in the Road to Economic Recovery Amid COVID-19 Pandemic
March 26, 2020
Press Release
“Americans are worried about their finances more than ever, and while efforts by the Administration and Congress have sought to ease the burden of student loan debt..."
Issues: Education
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Courtney Releases Statement, Pens Op-Ed on Administration’s Failure to Protect Student Borrowers Amid COVID-19 Outbreak
March 17, 2020
Press Release
“The Department of Education’s announcement last night that student loan borrowers are going to be forced to continue to pay existing monthly payments is hardly much help for people facing layoffs, reductions in hours, and loss of income amid the outbreak of COVID-19,” said Courtney.
Issues: Education Health Care
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Rep. Courtney Announces More Than $5 Million in Federal Head Start Funding Bound for Eastern Connecticut
February 13, 2020
Press Release
“With over five million dollars in federal funding to support Head Start projects in our region, this is an investment in our children, our families, and our future,” said Congressman Courtney.
Issues: Education
US Capitol Building
Rep. Courtney Votes to Support Defrauded Students and Veterans, Overturn DeVos Rewrite of ‘Borrower Defense’ Rule
January 16, 2020
Press Release
“The new so-called ‘Borrower Defense’ rule rewrite crafted by Secretary DeVos does little to protect the hundreds of thousands of American students and veterans who have played by the rules, worked hard to seek higher educations and college degrees, and who have been let down and defrauded by predatory, for-profit colleges,” said Congressman Courtney. “
Issues: Education
College Affordability Act
US Capitol Building
Rep. Courtney Statement Upon Introduction of bill to Overhaul Higher Education, the College Affordability Act
October 15, 2019
Press Release

WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Congressman Joe Courtney (CT-02), a senior member of the House Committee on Education & Labor, applauded the introduction the College Affordability Act, a bill to improve accountability, accessibility, and affordability in higher education. The College Affordability Act contains provisions that Rep.

Issues: Education
US Capitol Building
Rep. Courtney Hosts AG Tong & Others to Highlight Secretary Betsy DeVos’s Mismanagement of the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program
July 22, 2019
Press Release
“The Department […] has done basically everything they can to confuse people, to mislead people, and at the end of the day to deny people the opportunity get this benefit,” said Congressman Courtney. “We know the universe of people who are eligible for this is much larger.”
Issues: Education
The Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program
7.16.2019 PSLF floor speech
Rep. Courtney Statement on Department of Education Failures on Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program
July 15, 2019
Press Release

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman Joe Courtney (CT-02) took to the House Floor to highlight a new lawsuit aimed at the U.S. Department of Education's (ED) failure to properly administer the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) Program. Courtney's remarks come following reports of a lawsuit recently filed against ED and Secretary Betsy DeVos by the American Federation of Teachers, which seeks to hold the Department accountable for its "gross mismanagement" of PSLF and Temporary Expanded Public Service Loan Forgiveness (TEPSLF).

Issues: Education
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