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July 1, 2016
Letter to The Honorable John B. King, Jr., Secretary, U.S. Department of Education, and The Honorable Loretta Lynch, Attorney General, U.S. Department of Justice - Hold Colleges & Universities Accountable for Underreporting Sexual Violence on Campus
Sen. Jack Reed, ...
June 30, 2016
Senators Introduce Legislation to Restore Educational Opportunity for Incarcerated Americans
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, ...
June 22, 2016
Letter to The Honorable John King, Secretary of Education, U.S. Department of Education - Close For-Profit College Loophole Impacting Servicemembers, Veterans and Taxpayers
Sen. Jack Reed, ...
June 14, 2016
Reed, Whitehouse Applaud Proposed Student Borrower Defense Regulations
Sen. Jack Reed, ...
June 6, 2016
U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin Supports Introduction of Student Tax Relief Act
Sen. Jack Reed, ...
May 26, 2016
Senators Introduce Student Tax Relief Act
Sen. Jack Reed, ...
April 29, 2016
Reed, Whitehouse Urge Department of Education to Give Protection and Relief to Student Borrowers Who Fall Victim to Unlawful and Unfair Practices in Higher Education
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse
April 26, 2016
To Combat Campus Sexual Assault, Republican Leaders And Sexual Assault Survivors Join Senators Gillibrand And McCaskill To Renew Push For Senate To Pass Campus Accountability and Safety Act
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, ...
April 22, 2016
Letter to the Honorable John B. King, Secretary of U.S. Department of Education - Call to Hold College Accreditors Accountable, Protect Taxpayers
Sen. Jack Reed, ...
March 10, 2016
Letter to Barack Obama, President of the United States - Students Debt Relief from Schools Engaged in Deceptive and Predatory Practices
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, ...
March 9, 2016
Letter to President Barack Obama - Protect Students From Deceptive Loans
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, ...
Feb. 29, 2016
Letter to the Hon. John King, Acting Secretary of Education - U.S. Department of Education Should Use Providence's After-School Success as National Model
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, ...
Feb. 26, 2016
Reed Strengthens Pre-School, Head Start, & Affordable Child Care Options for RI Families
Sen. Jack Reed
Feb. 11, 2016
Letter to the Honorable Ted Mitchell, Under Secretary of the Department of Education - Deny Federal Funding to Colleges That Use Forced Arbitration Clauses
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, ...
Feb. 9, 2016
Sen. Whitehouse Statement on President's Budget
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse
Feb. 3, 2016
Energy Policy Modernization Act of 2015
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse
Feb. 3, 2016
Energy Policy Modernization Act of 2015
Sen. Jack Reed
Jan. 21, 2016
Reed, Senate Democrats Aim to Reduce Student Debt and Put Country on Path Toward Debt-Free College with 2016 Legislative Package, #InTheRed Campaign
Sen. Jack Reed, ...
Jan. 16, 2016
Reed & Whitehouse Hear from Rhode Island Students and Graduates about How to Make College More Affordable
Sen. Jack Reed, ...
Jan. 16, 2016
Reed & Whitehouse Hear from Rhode Island Students and Graduates about How to Make College More Affordable
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse
Jan. 12, 2016
Sen. Whitehouse Reaction to State of the Union Address
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse
Dec. 29, 2015
Reed, Casey Seek to Raise Student Achievement by Improving Teacher Preparation
Sen. Jack Reed
Dec. 17, 2015
Statements on Introduced Bills and Joint Resolutions
Sen. Jack Reed
Dec. 11, 2015
Reed Joins Reach Out & Read RI to Celebrate "Prescribe a Book Act' Becoming Law
Sen. Jack Reed, ...
Dec. 9, 2015
Congress Passes Major K-12 Education Reform Legislation
Sen. Jack Reed
Dec. 9, 2015
Senate Approves K-12 Overhaul
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse
Dec. 9, 2015
Congress Tells Schools to "Take It Outside'
Sen. Jack Reed, ...
Dec. 8, 2015
Student Success Act
Sen. Jack Reed
Dec. 4, 2015
Congress on Verge of Passing Major Education Reform
Sen. Jack Reed
Nov. 19, 2015
Statements on Introduced Bills and Joint Resolutions
Sen. Jack Reed
Nov. 10, 2015
Reed, Durbin, Blumenthal, Warren: Congress Should End Loophole that Encourages For-Profit Colleges to Target
Sen. Jack Reed, ...
Nov. 9, 2015
Letter to the Hon. Arne Duncan, Secretary, U.S. Department of Education and Joseph A. Smith, Special Master, U.S. Department of Education - Grant Students Immediate Relief Following Federal Judge's Ruling that Corinthian Colleges Broke the Law
Sen. Jack Reed, ...
Oct. 29, 2015
Reed & 53 Senate Colleagues Urge Senate Leadership to Reauthorize Perkins Student Loan Program
Sen. Jack Reed
Oct. 29, 2015
Letter to Mitch McConnell, Senate Majority Leader and Harry Reid, Senate Minority Leader - Save Perkins Loan Program
Sen. Jack Reed, ...
Oct. 29, 2015
Letter to Sylvia M. Burwell, Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services - Overdose Prevention
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, ...
Oct. 22, 2015
Letter to Arne Duncan, Secretary of Education, and John Koskinen, Internal Revenue Service Commissioner - Urge Obama Administration to Take Immediate Action to Stop For-Profit Education Companies from Defrauding Taxpayers
Sen. Jack Reed, ...
Oct. 14, 2015
RIC Wins Major Federal Grant to Help Individuals with Intellectual Disabilities Break Through Barriers to Higher Education
Sen. Jack Reed
Oct. 3, 2015
Reed Urges Congress to Renew Federal Student Loan Program
Sen. Jack Reed
Sept. 30, 2015
Statements on Introduced Bills and Joint Resolutions
Sen. Jack Reed
Sept. 22, 2015
Letter to the Hon. Ashton Carter, Secretary, U.S. Department of Defense and the Hon. Arne Duncan, Secretary, U.S. Department of Education - Redouble Efforts to Protect Military Consumers
Sen. Jack Reed, ...
Sept. 18, 2015
Letter to Ashton Carter, Secretary of Defense, and Arne Duncan, Secretary of Education - Renewing Efforts to Ensure That Service Members Get Complete, Accurate, and Timely Information About Their Various Benefits
Sen. Jack Reed, ...
Sept. 17, 2015
YouthBuild Providence Lands $1.1 Million Federal Grant to Provide Education & Job Skills for RI Youth
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, ...
Sept. 17, 2015
Letter to The Honorable Thad Cochran, Chairman of the Senate Committee on Appropriations, The Honorable Barbara Mikulski, Vice Chairwoman of the Senate Committee on Appropriations, The Honorable Harold Rogers, Chairman of the House Committee on Appropriations and The Honorable Nita Lowey, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Appropriations - Concerns Surrounding Preschool Development Grants Programs
Sen. Jack Reed, ...
Sept. 15, 2015
Reed Applauds White House Plan to Simplify Federal Student Aid Process
Sen. Jack Reed
Sept. 2, 2015
Senate Passes Landmark Overhaul of Federal Education Law
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse
July 16, 2015
U.S. Senate Passes Major Education Reform Bill That Restores Power to States
Sen. Jack Reed
July 16, 2015
CCRI to Receive Major Federal Grant to Help Disadvantaged Students Succeed in College
Sen. Jack Reed, ...
July 15, 2015
Whitehouse Voices Support for Every Child Achieves Act
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse
July 14, 2015
Every Child Achieves Act of 2015
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse
July 9, 2015
Portman and Whitehouse Offer Amendment to Support Recovery Support Services to Students
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, ...
Date
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Politician
July 1, 2016
Letter to The Honorable John B. King, Jr., Secretary, U.S. Department of Education, and The Honorable Loretta Lynch, Attorney General, U.S. Department of Justice - Hold Colleges & Universities Accountable for Underreporting Sexual Violence on Campus
Sen.Jack Reed, ...
June 30, 2016
Senators Introduce Legislation to Restore Educational Opportunity for Incarcerated Americans
Sen.Sheldon Whitehouse, ...
June 22, 2016
Letter to The Honorable John King, Secretary of Education, U.S. Department of Education - Close For-Profit College Loophole Impacting Servicemembers, Veterans and Taxpayers
Sen.Jack Reed, ...
June 14, 2016
Reed, Whitehouse Applaud Proposed Student Borrower Defense Regulations
Sen.Jack Reed, ...
June 6, 2016
U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin Supports Introduction of Student Tax Relief Act
Sen.Jack Reed, ...
May 26, 2016
Senators Introduce Student Tax Relief Act
Sen.Jack Reed, ...
April 29, 2016
Reed, Whitehouse Urge Department of Education to Give Protection and Relief to Student Borrowers Who Fall Victim to Unlawful and Unfair Practices in Higher Education
Sen.Sheldon Whitehouse
April 26, 2016
To Combat Campus Sexual Assault, Republican Leaders And Sexual Assault Survivors Join Senators Gillibrand And McCaskill To Renew Push For Senate To Pass Campus Accountability and Safety Act
Sen.Sheldon Whitehouse, ...
April 22, 2016
Letter to the Honorable John B. King, Secretary of U.S. Department of Education - Call to Hold College Accreditors Accountable, Protect Taxpayers
Sen.Jack Reed, ...
March 10, 2016
Letter to Barack Obama, President of the United States - Students Debt Relief from Schools Engaged in Deceptive and Predatory Practices
Sen.Sheldon Whitehouse, ...
March 9, 2016
Letter to President Barack Obama - Protect Students From Deceptive Loans
Sen.Sheldon Whitehouse, ...
Feb. 29, 2016
Letter to the Hon. John King, Acting Secretary of Education - U.S. Department of Education Should Use Providence's After-School Success as National Model
Sen.Sheldon Whitehouse, ...
Feb. 26, 2016
Reed Strengthens Pre-School, Head Start, & Affordable Child Care Options for RI Families
Sen.Jack Reed
Feb. 11, 2016
Letter to the Honorable Ted Mitchell, Under Secretary of the Department of Education - Deny Federal Funding to Colleges That Use Forced Arbitration Clauses
Sen.Sheldon Whitehouse, ...
Feb. 9, 2016
Sen. Whitehouse Statement on President's Budget
Sen.Sheldon Whitehouse
Feb. 3, 2016
Energy Policy Modernization Act of 2015
Sen.Sheldon Whitehouse
Feb. 3, 2016
Energy Policy Modernization Act of 2015
Sen.Jack Reed
Jan. 21, 2016
Reed, Senate Democrats Aim to Reduce Student Debt and Put Country on Path Toward Debt-Free College with 2016 Legislative Package, #InTheRed Campaign
Sen.Jack Reed, ...
Jan. 16, 2016
Reed & Whitehouse Hear from Rhode Island Students and Graduates about How to Make College More Affordable
Sen.Jack Reed, ...
Jan. 16, 2016
Reed & Whitehouse Hear from Rhode Island Students and Graduates about How to Make College More Affordable
Sen.Sheldon Whitehouse
Jan. 12, 2016
Sen. Whitehouse Reaction to State of the Union Address
Sen.Sheldon Whitehouse
Dec. 29, 2015
Reed, Casey Seek to Raise Student Achievement by Improving Teacher Preparation
Sen.Jack Reed
Dec. 17, 2015
Statements on Introduced Bills and Joint Resolutions
Sen.Jack Reed
Dec. 11, 2015
Reed Joins Reach Out & Read RI to Celebrate "Prescribe a Book Act' Becoming Law
Sen.Jack Reed, ...
Dec. 9, 2015
Congress Passes Major K-12 Education Reform Legislation
Sen.Jack Reed
Dec. 9, 2015
Senate Approves K-12 Overhaul
Sen.Sheldon Whitehouse
Dec. 9, 2015
Congress Tells Schools to "Take It Outside'
Sen.Jack Reed, ...
Dec. 8, 2015
Student Success Act
Sen.Jack Reed
Dec. 4, 2015
Congress on Verge of Passing Major Education Reform
Sen.Jack Reed
Nov. 19, 2015
Statements on Introduced Bills and Joint Resolutions
Sen.Jack Reed
Nov. 10, 2015
Reed, Durbin, Blumenthal, Warren: Congress Should End Loophole that Encourages For-Profit Colleges to Target
Sen.Jack Reed, ...
Nov. 9, 2015
Letter to the Hon. Arne Duncan, Secretary, U.S. Department of Education and Joseph A. Smith, Special Master, U.S. Department of Education - Grant Students Immediate Relief Following Federal Judge's Ruling that Corinthian Colleges Broke the Law
Sen.Jack Reed, ...
Oct. 29, 2015
Reed & 53 Senate Colleagues Urge Senate Leadership to Reauthorize Perkins Student Loan Program
Sen.Jack Reed
Oct. 29, 2015
Letter to Mitch McConnell, Senate Majority Leader and Harry Reid, Senate Minority Leader - Save Perkins Loan Program
Sen.Jack Reed, ...
Oct. 29, 2015
Letter to Sylvia M. Burwell, Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services - Overdose Prevention
Sen.Sheldon Whitehouse, ...
Oct. 22, 2015
Letter to Arne Duncan, Secretary of Education, and John Koskinen, Internal Revenue Service Commissioner - Urge Obama Administration to Take Immediate Action to Stop For-Profit Education Companies from Defrauding Taxpayers
Sen.Jack Reed, ...
Oct. 14, 2015
RIC Wins Major Federal Grant to Help Individuals with Intellectual Disabilities Break Through Barriers to Higher Education
Sen.Jack Reed
Oct. 3, 2015
Reed Urges Congress to Renew Federal Student Loan Program
Sen.Jack Reed
Sept. 30, 2015
Statements on Introduced Bills and Joint Resolutions
Sen.Jack Reed
Sept. 22, 2015
Letter to the Hon. Ashton Carter, Secretary, U.S. Department of Defense and the Hon. Arne Duncan, Secretary, U.S. Department of Education - Redouble Efforts to Protect Military Consumers
Sen.Jack Reed, ...
Sept. 18, 2015
Letter to Ashton Carter, Secretary of Defense, and Arne Duncan, Secretary of Education - Renewing Efforts to Ensure That Service Members Get Complete, Accurate, and Timely Information About Their Various Benefits
Sen.Jack Reed, ...
Sept. 17, 2015
YouthBuild Providence Lands $1.1 Million Federal Grant to Provide Education & Job Skills for RI Youth
Sen.Sheldon Whitehouse, ...
Sept. 17, 2015
Letter to The Honorable Thad Cochran, Chairman of the Senate Committee on Appropriations, The Honorable Barbara Mikulski, Vice Chairwoman of the Senate Committee on Appropriations, The Honorable Harold Rogers, Chairman of the House Committee on Appropriations and The Honorable Nita Lowey, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Appropriations - Concerns Surrounding Preschool Development Grants Programs
Sen.Jack Reed, ...
Sept. 15, 2015
Reed Applauds White House Plan to Simplify Federal Student Aid Process
Sen.Jack Reed
Sept. 2, 2015
Senate Passes Landmark Overhaul of Federal Education Law
Sen.Sheldon Whitehouse
July 16, 2015
U.S. Senate Passes Major Education Reform Bill That Restores Power to States
Sen.Jack Reed
July 16, 2015
CCRI to Receive Major Federal Grant to Help Disadvantaged Students Succeed in College
Sen.Jack Reed, ...
July 15, 2015
Whitehouse Voices Support for Every Child Achieves Act
Sen.Sheldon Whitehouse
July 14, 2015
Every Child Achieves Act of 2015
Sen.Sheldon Whitehouse
July 9, 2015
Portman and Whitehouse Offer Amendment to Support Recovery Support Services to Students
Sen.Sheldon Whitehouse, ...
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