WASHINGTON, Jan. 23 -- Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse issued the following press release:
U.S. Senators Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Tim Kaine (D-VA), and Jeff Merkley (D-OR) led Senate colleagues in a letter demanding answers from U.S. Secretary of Education Linda McMahon on the Trump administration's proposal to eliminate affordable student loan repayment options for millions of Americans.
Their letter comes after the Education Department reached a proposed settlement with the State of Missouri to abandon the Saving on a Valuable Education (SAVE) Plan and its affordable payments. The SAVE Plan was created by President Biden in 2023 to help student loan borrowers nationwide by creating a new income-driven repayment (IDR)...