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  • Polis Helps CU Students ‘Know Before They Owe’
    Sep 25, 2012  - With millions of Americans paying more for college loans than necessary, and families confronting a more than $1 trillion avalanche of student loan debt, Congressman Jared Polis visited the University of Colorado, Boulder today to discuss his Know Before You Owe Act (H.R. 6273) with school and state... More
  • Polis Bill Helps College Students ‘Know Before They Owe’
    Aug 1, 2012  - With American families facing a more than $1 trillion avalanche of student loan debt, Congressman Jared Polis introduced the Know Before You Owe Act, which would ensure that student borrowers know about the advantages of taking out lower cost federal loans before borrowing in the private market. Acc... More
  • Polis Launches Bipartisan E-Learning Caucus
    Jul 11, 2012  - To improve access to quality online learning opportunities from early childhood education through college, Congressman Jared Polis and Congresswoman Kristi Noem today launched the bipartisan Congressional E-Learning Caucus. The Caucus, co-chaired by Polis and Noem, will seek to educate members of Co... More
  • Student Loan Rate Bill Passage Good News for Colorado Students
    Jun 29, 2012  - Congressman Jared Polis released the following statement on House passage of legislation preventing an increase in federal student loan interest rates from 3.4 percent to 6.8 percent. Without action, the loan rates for 7.4 million college students would have doubled. Failure to act would have added ... More
  • Keep Student Loan Interest Rates Low
    Apr 26, 2012  - Mr. Speaker, I rise today in opposition to the rule and the underlying bills: H.R. 3523, the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act, or CISPA, and H.R. 4628, the Interest Rate Reduction Act. Both bills are being brought to the House under a hyperpartisan, closed process that limits debate and... More
  • Keeping College Loan Rate Low is Right for Students, Economy
    Apr 24, 2012  - Congressman Jared Polis applauded President Obama for his leadership in keeping higher education affordable and for his call to Congress to prevent federal student loan interest rates from rising from 3.4 percent to 6.8 percent. The president will visit the University of Colorado, Boulder today to m... More
  • Colorado Should Receive $30 Million Early Learning Grant
    Apr 9, 2012  - Congressman Jared Polis’s advocacy for additional early childhood education funding paid off today as Secretary of Education Arne Duncan and Secretary of Health Human Services Kathleen Sebelius announced that Colorado is one of five states invited to apply for an Early Learning Challenge grant of ab... More
  • Only a Bipartisan Budget Can Restore Fiscal Responsibility
    Mar 29, 2012  - Congressman Jared Polis released the following statement on House passage of the Ryan budget. The resolution passed on a party line vote of 228-191. “Congress needs to spend less time passing partisan proposals and instead bring Democrats and Republicans together around a responsible ‘go-big’ budget... More
  • Polis Advocacy Puts Early Learning Grants Within Reach
    Mar 22, 2012  - Congressman Jared Polis’s advocacy for additional early childhood education funding paid off today as the U.S. Department of Education announced that a portion of this year’s Race to the Top grants will be dedicated to state Early Learning Challenge grants. Department officials cited such advocacy a... More
  • Ensuring Quality Higher Education
    Feb 28, 2012  - Madam Chair, Congress should be the taxpayers' advocate to root out waste, fraud, and abuse wherever it occurs; and this is particularly true when it comes to student financial aid. Both of my amendments pertain to this category of making sure we have the right structure in place to in one case ince... More
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