WASHINGTON, April 30 -- Sen. Adam Schiff issued the following press release:

Today, U.S. Senator Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) is leading several Senate Democrats in urging (https://www.schiff.senate.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Letter-to-ED-on-NACIQI.pdf) the Department of Education to reverse its efforts to weaponize the National Advisory Committee on Institutional Quality and Integrity (NACIQI), a bipartisan and independent committee that oversees the certification process that grants institutions of higher education access to Title IV funds, including the Pell Grant and Federal Direct Loans.

The Senators wrote in part: "the Department's rhetoric and actions could jeopardize the independence of NACIQI as an objective body for oversight and ...