Press Releases

Press releases from: May 2016

05/26/16

Blumenthal, Colleagues Move to Strip Defense Bill of Provision That Would Allow Predatory and Exploitative For-Profit Colleges Unfettered Access to Recruit on Military Bases

Press releases from: March 2016

03/09/16

Blumenthal, Murphy, Senate Dems: Students Deserve Immediate Debt Reflief After Attending Schools Engaged in Deceptive & Predatory Practices

03/03/16

Blumenthal, Murray, Warren, Durbin, Demand Help for Military Borrowers Who Were Overcharged on Student Loan

03/01/16

Blumenthal, Murray, Warren Respond to Oversight Report on Education Department's Student Loan Servicers' Compliance Review

Press releases from: February 2016

02/19/16

Blumenthal Launches Online Initiative to Hear Directly from Students How College Debt Impacts Their Lives

02/10/16

Blumenthal, Durbin, Brown, Warren Call for Comprehensive Relief for Students, Veterans Defrauded by DeVry University

02/04/16

Blumenthal Statement on Closure of Marinello Schools of Beauty

Press releases from: January 2016

01/21/16

Blumenthal Announces Comprehensive Legislation to Ease Student Loan Debt

Press releases from: December 2015

12/16/15

Blumenthal Statement on Reauthorization of Perkins Loan Program

Press releases from: November 2015

11/17/15

Blumenthal Statement on Education Department, CA Attorney General Investigation Confirming Fraud at Corinthian College Schools

11/16/15

Blumenthal Statement on For-Profit Chain EDMC Settlement over Allegations of Deceptive Recruiting Practices

Press releases from: October 2015

10/29/15

Blumenthal, Murphy Join Majority of Senate in Bipartisan Effort to Save Student Loan Program

Press releases from: July 2013

07/24/13

Blumenthal Statement After Voting Against Bill That Would Increase Debt Burden On College Students

07/19/13

Blumenthal Opposes Plan To Increase Student Borrowing Costs

07/17/13

Blumenthal Statement on Federal Student Loan Debt Eclipsing $1 Trillion

07/10/13

Blumenthal Statement on Senate’s Failure to Move Student Loan Bill Forward

07/09/13

After Visiting Connecticut Colleges, Blumenthal Delivers Floor Speech Urging Action To Lower Student Loan Interest Rates, Address Rising Cost Of College

07/01/13

Blumenthal Calls on Congress to Return To Washington Immediately, Undo Interest Rate Hike on Subsidized Stafford Student Loans

Press releases from: June 2013

06/24/13

With Six Days Before Student Loan Interest Rates Double, Blumenthal Co-Sponsors Bill To Offer Students Same Discounted Loan Rates as Wealthy Financial Institutions

Press releases from: September 2012

09/20/12

Blumenthal To Fannie Mae And Freddie Mac: Don’t Punish Connecticut For Protecting Our Citizens