OUR LETTERS TO CONGRESS
Statement for the Record: Legislative Priorities Submitted to the Senate and House Committees on Veterans Affairs 2024
STATEMENT FOR THE RECORD LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES SUBMITTED TO THE SENATE AND HOUSE COMMITTEES ON VETERANS’ AFFAIRS 118TH CONGRESS, SECOND SESSION March 13, 2024 Chairmen Tester and Bost, Ranking Members Moran and Takano, and Members of [...]
Veterans & Military Service Organizations’ Letter to U.S. House of Representatives Regarding a Proposal to in the College Cost Reduction Act to Re-Open 90/10 Loophole
March 11, 2024 The Honorable Mike Johnson Speaker United States House of Representatives Washington, D.C. 20515 The Honorable Hakeem Jeffries Minority Leader United States House of Representatives Washington, D.C. 20515 Dear Mr. Speaker and Mr. [...]
Coalition letter regarding Rep. Foxx’s College Cost Reduction Act
January 30, 2024 The Honorable Virginia Foxx Chairwoman House Committee on Education & the Workforce The Honorable Robert C. Scott Ranking Member House Committee on Education & the Workforce Dear Chairwoman Foxx and Ranking [...]
Our Statement for the Record on the October, 2023, Legislative Hearing of the House Veterans Affairs Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity
STATEMENT FOR THE RECORD SUBMITTED TO THE HOUSE COMMITTEE ON VETERANS’ AFFAIRS SUBCOMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY 118TH CONGRESS, FIRST SESSION October 18, 2023 Chairman Van Orden, Ranking Member Levin, and Members of the Subcommittee: We [...]
Coalition Letter to the House Education Committee re: lowering college costs and increasing value
July 26, 2023 The Honorable Burgess Owens Chairman, House Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Development The Honorable Frederica S. Wilson Ranking Member, House Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Development Dear Chairman Owens and [...]
Veterans and Military Organizations’ Letter on the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024 Amendment
July 20, 2023 Senator Tom Carper 513 Hart Senate Office Building Washington, DC 20510 SUBJ: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024 Amendment Dear Senator Carper, The undersigned organizations serving service members, veterans, and [...]
LETTERS FROM CONGRESS
Letter from Rep. Buchanan urging VA to update its guidance on GI Bill restoration after closed schools
Letter from Vern Buchanan writing to urge President Biden and Secretary McDonough to ensure that the Department of Veterans Affairs update its guidance to help prevent student veterans from losing access to valuable G.I. Bill credits
Senate Letter Urging the Department Of Education to Hold Predatory For-Profit College Executives Accountable for Scamming Students
October 18, 2022 Dear Secretary Cardona: We applaud the Department of Education’s (“the Department”) recent and ongoing efforts to clear the backlog of borrower defense to repayment claims that the Trump Administration allowed to accumulate. [...]
NACIQI Chairmanship Letter
February 14, 2022 Ms. Lisa Brown General Counsel U.S. Department of Education 400 Maryland Avenue, SW Washington, D.C. 20202 Dear Ms. Brown: We write to express concerns regarding a longstanding conflict of interest that undermines [...]
Letter from Rep. Takano to the Department of Education About Closing the 90/10 Loophole
November 3, 2021 RE: Docket ID: ED-2021-OPE-0077 Dear Secretary Cardona, We write to submit comments on the U.S. Department of Education’s (Department) regulatory agenda to close the 90/10 loophole. Following Congressional action to close the [...]
Letter from Congressman Takano to California Legislators on Assembly Joint Resolution No. 12
Congressman Takano sent the following letters to Members of the California State Legislature, including Mark Stone, Thomas J. Umberg, Bob Archuleta, Jacqui Irwin, Connie M. Leyva, and Jose Medina. I write in regard to Assembly [...]
