WASHINGTON, March 10 -- Sen. Patty Murray issued the following press release:
Senators Patty Murray (D-WA), a former chair and senior member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, and Maria Cantwell (D-WA) joined Bernie Sanders (I-VT), Ranking Member of the HELP committee, and fellow Senate Democrats in sending a letter to Department of Education Secretary Linda McMahon regarding the dangers of the proposed rule, "Reimagining and Improving Student Education," (RISE). Under RISE, barriers to higher education created by the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) would increase significantly through the elimination of existing affordable student loan repayment options and the creation of caps on federal student aid,...