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| https://courtney.house.gov/media-center/in-the-news/hartford-courant-courtney-college-students-fear-gop-plan-overhaul-student | Hartford Courant: Courtney, College Students Fear GOP Plan To Overhaul Student Loan Programs | 2017-12-18 | 2017 | 2017-12 | Democrat | House | CT | Joe Courtney | C001069 | courtney.house.gov | legacy | GOP-sponsored bill torevise federal student loan programswould shatter the hopes thousands of Connecticut college students, U.S. Rep.Joe Courtney, D-2, and a group of students warned Friday. Courtneysaid the ultimate fate of the bill that passed the U.S. House Education & Workforce Committee on a party-line vote this week remains uncertain. He said the legislation is unlikely to come up for a House vote until early 2018 and that the Senate is likely to have a different version of the measure. But the students present for a Friday morning news conference said the Republican bill would prevent many young people from ever attending college by ending a subsidized loan program, eliminating college loan forgiveness provisions, and failing to tackle the issue of high-interest education loans. This puts the American dream farther out of reach for half the population, said Joshua Quintana, a senior at Central Connecticut State University who also works a full-time job while going to school. He called the GOP legislation a full-on assault on American youth. [...] Click here to read the full story at Courant.com | 1 | 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z | 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z |