Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Development to Hold Hearing on the Department of Education’s Student Loan Policies

WASHINGTON, D.C. – On Thursday, March 23, at 10:15 a.m., the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Development, Chaired by Rep. Burgess Owens (R-UT), will hold a hearing titled “Breaking the System: Examining the Implications of Biden’s Student Loan Policies for Students and Taxpayers.”

“President Biden lacks the executive authority to implement his $1 trillion executive re-write of the federal student loan program and overlooks this single basic fact: Debt cannot be canceled, only transferred from those who borrowed to those who did not,” said Chair Owens. “Creating an offramp for responsibility, driving up college costs, disincentivizing real loan reform, and forcing hard working American taxpayers to pay for someone else’s loans is nothing more than a backdoor attempt at free college with abysmal implications for students, taxpayers, and our economy. Republicans are working to responsibly reform the nation’s student loan program through Congressional action, and our first subcommittee hearing will tackle this critical issue head-on.”

What: Subcommittee hearing titled “Breaking the System: Examining the Implications of Biden’s Student Loan Policies for Students and Taxpayers.”

When: 10:15 a.m. on Thursday, March 23, 2023

Where: 2175 Rayburn House Office Building

Press: The meeting is open to the press and will be live-streamed on the Committee’s YouTube page.

 ###

Recent Posts


Sep 10, 2024
Blog

A Leadership Failure at Every Level

The House Foreign Affairs Committee just released its long-awaited report on the catastrophic withdrawal from Afghanistan. Check out this brief excerpt from the report:  When President Biden decided to withdraw U.S. forces from Afghanistan, he set an arbitrary deadline of August 31, 2021, not based on any strategic or military necessity, but for the political […]



Rep. Owens to Cardona: Stop Favoring Illegal Immigrants Over America’s Students

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congressman Burgess Owens (UT-04) joined a group of Education and the Workforce Committee members in urging the Biden-Harris Department of Education to halt a proposed rule that would give illegal immigrants access to taxpayer-funded college preparatory programs referred to as the TRIO programs.  “The Department of Education’s TRIO expansion proposal is not […]



Aug 28, 2024
Congress

Owens Announces $255,000 DOJ Grant Award for Juab County Sheriff’s Office

WASHINGTON — Congressman Burgess Owens (UT-04) announced that the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has awarded a $255,000 grant to the Juab County Sheriff’s Office. This funding, secured as part of the FY24 Congressionally Directed Spending, will be utilized for critical police equipment and technology upgrades. “Ensuring that our law enforcement agencies have up to […]