WASHINGTON, May 9 -- Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, issued the following news release: Senator Mike Crapo joined colleagues in the introduction of the No Higher education Assistance for Mobs of Antisemitic and terrorist Sympathizing Students (No HAMAS) Act. The legislation, led by Senator Thom Tillis ( R-North Carolina), is in direct response to the unlawful antisemitic, pro-Hamas encampments and riots that have taken place across the nation. Crapo and Tillis are joined in introducing the legislatio  more

WASHINGTON, May 9 -- Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Missouri, issued the following news release: Today U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) spoke on the Senate floor, calling for the House of Representatives to immediately reauthorize and expand the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (RECA). RECA funding--which is set to expire on June 7--compensates American victims whom the federal government has poisoned through its nuclear testing programs. Senator Hawley specifically addressed Speaker Mike Johnson, urg  more

WASHINGTON, May 11 -- Rep. Jason Smith, R-Missouri, chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, issued the following opening statement at a field hearing on empowering native American and rural communities, on May 10, 2024: * * * "I want to start off by thanking President Harvier, the Tribal council, and the entire Salt River Pima - Maricopa Indian Community for hosting the Committee, and Representative Schweikert for bringing us to Arizona. "This is the first Ways and Means hearing on s  more

WASHINGTON, May 11 -- The Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Subcommittee on Economic Policy released the following testimony by Persis SiChing Yu, deputy executive director and managing counsel of the Student Borrower Protection Center, from a hybrid hearing dated April 10, 2024, entitled "MOHELA's Performance as a Student Loan Servicer." MOHELA is the Missouri Higher Education Loan Authority. * * * (Continued from Part 1 of 2) * In 2020, the Bureau, then under the leadership of a Rep  more

WASHINGTON, May 11 -- The Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Subcommittee on Economic Policy released the following testimony by student loan borrower Kathleen White from a hybrid hearing dated April 10, 2024, entitled "MOHELA's Performance as a Student Loan Servicer." MOHELA is the Missouri Higher Education Loan Authority. * * * Good afternoon, Senator Warren, Committee Members and Guests, my name is Kathleen White, and I am here to share my experiences as a student loan borrower. I b  more

WASHINGTON, May 11 -- The Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee released the following written testimony by C. Tapscott 'Scott' Buchanan, executive director of the Student Loan Servicing Alliance, from a hybrid hearing dated April 10, 2024, entitled "MOHELA's Performance as a Student Loan Servicer." MOHELA is the Missouri Higher Education Loan Authority. * * * Chair Warren, Ranking Member Kennedy, and distinguished members of the subcommittee: Thank you for the opportunity to te  more

WASHINGTON, May 11 -- The Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Subcommittee on Economic Policy released the following testimony by Jason Delisle, a non-resident senior fellow at the Urban Institute, from a hybrid hearing dated April 10, 2024, entitled "MOHELA's Performance as a Student Loan Servicer." MOHELA is the Missouri Higher Education Loan Authority. * * * Chair Warren, Ranking Member Kennedy, and members of the subcommittee, thank you for the opportunity to testify about servicing   more

WASHINGTON, May 10 -- Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Missouri, issued the following news release: Senators Josh Hawley (R-Mo.), JD Vance (R-Ohio), and Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) sent a letter to President Biden calling on him to block Nippon Steel from acquiring U.S. Steel. President Biden has repeatedly and publicly expressed his support for preventing a foreign takeover of one of America's flagship companies. Nonetheless, Biden has refused to use his authority as president to block the deal. "By law you pos  more