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  • Testimony & Remarks
    May 14, 2025

    Bonni Snider’s Testimony at Senator Warren’s Spotlight Forum, “Stealing the American Dream: How Trump and Republicans Are Raising Education Costs for American Families”

    See here to read Bonni Snider’s testimony from May 14, 2025.

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  • Fact Sheets
    May 12, 2025

    Fact Sheet: Student Debt Default Crisis By the Numbers

    The data underscore how default has disastrous consequences for borrowers and their families. For many, default is a lifetime sentence, and America’s most vulnerable communities—older, low-income, borrowers with disabilities, and Black borrowers—are disproportionately impacted.

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  • Press Releases
    May 9, 2025

    42 Legal Services Groups, Veterans Rights Organizations, and Consumer Watchdogs Tell Federal Court of Appeals: The Administration Must be Stopped From Illegally Dismantling the CFPB

    Amicus brief: the destruction of the CFPB would inflict immeasurable harm to financially vulnerable Americans and the broader U.S. economy.

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  • Amicus Briefs
    May 9, 2025

    42 Legal Services Groups, Veterans Rights Organizations, and Consumer Watchdogs Tell Federal Court of Appeals: The Administration Must be Stopped From Illegally Dismantling the CFPB

    Amicus brief: the destruction of the CFPB would inflict immeasurable harm to financially vulnerable Americans and the broader U.S. economy.

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  • Amicus Briefs
    May 9, 2025

    Amicus Brief: The Destruction of the CFPB Would Inflict Immeasurable Harm to Financially Vulnerable Americans and the Broader U.S. Economy

    This brief says the destruction of the CFPB would inflict immeasurable harm to financially vulnerable Americans and the broader U.S. economy.

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  • Press Releases
    May 6, 2025

    Senate Democrats Spotlight Radical Effort to Decimate U.S. Department of Education in Forum, Condemn Chaos in Communities Across the Country

    Veteran and student loan borrower Tasha Berkhalter to warn lawmakers of risks to military families.

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  • Testimony & Remarks
    May 5, 2025

    Tasha Berkhalter’s Testimony at Senator Murray’s Spotlight Forum, “Abandoning America’s Promise: The Real Cost of Dismantling the Department of Education”

    See here to read Tasha Berkhalter’s testimony from May 6, 2025.

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  • Comments Letters & Memos
    May 2, 2025

    Coalition Comment Letter to U.S. Department of Education in Response to Intent to Establish Negotiated Rulemaking

    186 organizations representing millions crushed under the weight of student loan debt submitted a comment in response to ED’s notice of its intent to establish negotiated rulemaking aimed at overhauling the rules that protect people from unaffordable student loan debt.

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  • Blogs
    Apr 29, 2025

    Voices Behind the Student Debt Crisis

    Read quotes from borrowers across the country on the need for affordable student debt payments and relief.

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  • Blogs
    Apr 25, 2025

    Eliminating Grad Plus Loans Without Making Higher Education More Affordable Would Be a Disaster for Students and Borrowers

    Congressional Republicans want to make it harder for their own constituents to afford graduate education and compete in today’s job market.

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