August 16, 2022 3:00 a.m.

On Monday, U.S. Senator Ron Wyden and a group of colleagues commented on the Department of Education’s proposed rules to expand and improve student debt relief programs.

A release said in a letter to Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona, the senators applauded the Department’s efforts to provide and expand relief to borrowers whose schools closed or defrauded them, borrowers working in public service, and borrowers who are totally and permanently disabled. The senators encouraged additional steps to improve the Department’s student debt relief programs and ensure borrowers can access the relief they are owed.

The senators commended the Biden administration’s proposals to deliver and expand relief for these borrowers – steps Wyden and his Democratic colleagues urged the department to take last year.

Along with Wyden and Washington Senator Patty Murray, who led the letter, it was signed by twenty other senators.

The full letter is linked: https://www.help.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/Senate%20Dem%20Caucus%20NPRM%20Student%20Relief%20Public%20Comment%20Letter.pdf