Washington, March 3 -- Rep. Robert C. "Bobby" Scott issued the following press release:
Education and Workforce Committee Ranking Member Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (VA-03), led over 85 House Democrats' opposition (https://democrats-edworkforce.house.gov/download/2026-03-02-scott-house-democrats-comment-letter-to-ed-re-rise-proposed-rule) to the Department of Education's proposed rule on federal student loans. The proposed rule, titled "Reimagining and Improving Student Education (RISE)," implements changes that Republicans' "Big Ugly Law" made to the federal student loan program in the Higher Education Act of 1965, including new graduate loan limits and the elimination of affordable repayment options.
"We are concerned that this new structur...