WASHINGTON, Feb. 20 -- Sen. Susan Collins issued the following press release:
U.S. Senators Susan Collins, Jeff Merkley (D-OR), and Reverend Raphael Warnock (D-GA) led a bipartisan group of Senators in writing to U.S. Secretary of Education Linda McMahon to urge the timely delivery of federal funds from TRIO grant programs. TRIO is a long-standing set of federal programs that help approximately 840,000 students prepare for, enter, and graduate from college - specifically low-income and first-generation students.
"Unfortunately, in recent years, the Department of Education has failed to award grants to TRIO recipients in sufficient time," the Senators wrote. "For example, last year, the Department of Education delayed releasing more than $...