Student Loans

Welch and Courtney’s bicameral bill comes as defaults on student loans have surged to unprecedented levels in the United States  WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), Member of the Senate Finance Committee, and U.S. Representative Joe Courtney (D-CT-02), Member of the House Education and Workforce Committee, alongside Tiffany Dena Loftin, Executive Director of the U.S. Student Association, held a press…

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), a member of the Senate Finance Committee, today joined U.S. Representative Joe Courtney (D-CT-02) in reintroducing the Student Loan Interest Elimination Act, bicameral legislation to refinance the interest on federal student loans for all existing borrowers to zero percent and cap interest rates for future…

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senators Peter Welch (D-Vt.) and Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), members of the Senate Finance Committee, will introduce the Student Loan Bond Expansion Act of 2026, bipartisan, bicameral legislation to reduce financial barriers for college students looking for lower interest loans. The legislation would exempt Qualified Student Loan Bonds (QSLB) from the…

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) joined Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) and Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), and Representative Alma Adams (D-NC-12) in introducing the Parent PLUS Parity Act, bicameral legislation to ease the burden of student loan debt for parent borrowers who have helped…