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- Press Releases
- Background Information
Press Releases
- Press Release -- October 24, 2006
College Board Report Shows Urgent Need For New Direction That Makes College More Affordable, Says Miller
- Press Release -- October 19, 2006
Representative Miller Responds To Secretary Paulson Comments On Young People's Debt
- Press Release -- June 26, 2006
Representative George Miller Urges Students and Parents to Consolidate Federal College Loans by July 1
- Statement -- June 20, 2006
Representative Miller: Congress Must Make College More Affordable For All Americans
- Press Release -- June 13, 2006
Miller, Kildee Say Repeal Of Rule That Limits Students’ Ability To Manage College Loans Is Long Overdue; Lawmakers Also Call on Congress to Make Loans More Affordable by Reducing Interest Rates
- Press Release -- June 7, 2006
House Democrats Launch Online College Loan Calculator; Calculator Shows How Democrats’ Bill Would Save Students And Parents Thousands of Dollars in Reduced Interest Payments
- Press Release -- April 17, 2006
House Democrats Launch Online Forum on College Affordability; College Students, Parents Encouraged to Submit Online Testimony on Making College More Affordable
- Press Release -- April 13, 2006
Miller-Durbin Bill Cuts College Loan Interest Rates in Half; Legislation Would Save the Typical Student Borrower $5,600
- Press Release -- April 5, 2006
New Report Shows How College Debt Keeps Graduates Out of Public Service Careers; Representative Miller Says Report Shows Need to Make College More Affordable
- Press Release -- March 30, 2006
House GOP Votes Against Helping American Families Pay For College; Instead Passes GOP Bill that Fails to Boost College Affordability
- Press Release -- February 1, 2006
House Narrowly Votes to Approve Republican Raid on Student Aid
- Press Release -- January 23, 2006
Contrary to President’s Claim, Budget Bill Will Make Families Pay More for College
- Press Release -- December 18, 2005
House Seeks to Pay For Tax Breaks For Wealthy by Making Working Families Pay More For College
- Press Release -- December 8, 2005
Congress Should Invest in Education and America’s Future, Not Give More Breaks to the Wealthy, Says Miller
- Press Release -- November 18, 2005
Representative Miller Denounces Washington Republicans’ Midnight Raid on Student Aid
- Press Release -- November 3, 2005
New CBO Analysis Documents Substantial Cost Hikes for College Students and Parents Under Republican Budget Bill; Despite Republican Claims, Cost of Student Loans Would Rise Significantly Over Next Five Years Under Republican Budget Plan
- Press Release -- November 1, 2005
Miller, Students Rally to Oppose Raid on Student Aid; Miller Says Congress Can Make College More Affordable at No New Cost to Taxpayers
- Press Release -- October 26, 2005
Representative Miller Statement on Republican Raid on Student Aid
- Press Release -- October 18, 2005
College Board Report Shows Congress’ Failures to Deal with Rising College Prices, Says Miller
- Press Release -- October 5, 2005
Democrats Offer Plan to Help Colleges Rebound From Katrina & Rita; Getting Colleges Up-and-Running is Key to Area’s Economic Revitalization; Plan Draws Support from College Presidents
- Press Release -- September 19, 2005
Miller Statement on Higher Education Commission Announced by Secretary Spellings Today
- Press Release -- September 7, 2005
Help College Students Affected By Katrina to Continue Studies, Avoid Financial Hardships, Say Congressional Democrats; Representatives Miller and Kildee Support Keller Legislation on Pell Grants, but also Introduce More Comprehensive Legislation
- Press Release -- July 22, 2005
GOP votes for biggest cut in the history of federal student financial aid; GOP voted against Democratic measures to make college more affordable at no new taxpayer expense
- Press Release -- July 20, 2005
Democrats Seek to Make College More Affordable – At No New Expense To Taxpayers; Representative Miller Says Students Shouldn’t be Forced to Pay for Republican Budget Mess
- Press Release -- July 19, 2005
GOP Higher Education Bill Makes Largest-Ever Cut in Federal Student Aid Programs; Democrats Instead Offer Real Increase in Pell and Make Loans More Affordable – At No New Cost to Taxpayers
- Press Release -- July 13, 2005
Representative Kildee Says Republican Bill Includes Largest-Ever Cuts to Student Aid Programs; Calls on Colleagues to Approve Bill to Boost College Opportunity
- Press Release -- July 11, 2005
Representatives Kildee and Van Hollen Welcome Republican Reversal on 9.5% Loan Scam
- Press Release -- June 14, 2005
Democrats Announce Far-Reaching Legislation to Make College More Affordable; Launch E-Hearing for Students & Parents to Testify about Paying for College
- Press Release -- June 7, 2005
Democrats Seek to Return Student Aid to Families that Lost it as Result of Bush Cuts; Will Introduce Bill to Help Over 1.3 Million Students
- Press Release -- June 7, 2005
Miller Urges Graduates to Consolidate Loans Before July 1; Calls on Congress to Make College More Affordable
- Press Release -- May 19, 2005
Representative Miller Acts to Boost College Success Among Foster Care Children; New Chapin Hall Report Documents Struggles Faced by Children Exiting Foster Care System
- Press Release -- April 28, 2005
Republican Budget Will Force Students to Pay More for College, Says Miller
- Press Release -- April 19, 2005
Representative Miller Statement on Federal Investment in Higher Education
- Press Release -- March 15, 2005
Lawmakers Introduce Bicameral, Bipartisan Legislation to Make College More Affordable; Bill Would Provide Over $17 Billion in Scholarships at No New Taxpayer Expense
- Press Release -- March 2, 2005
New Study on Student Loans Has Suspect Sponsor, Says Miller; Bipartisan Bill Would Make College More Affordable at No New Taxpayer Expense
- Press Release -- March 1, 2005
For-Profit Colleges: Congress Should Curb Fraud, not Remove Safeguards Against Fraud, Says Miller
- Press Release -- February 11, 2005
Bush Budget Shows That Billions of Dollars Could be Made Available to College Students at No New Taxpayer Expense, Lawmakers Say; Bipartisan Initiative Could Boost Pell Scholarships by $1,000 per Student
- Press Release -- February 2, 2005
Republican Higher Education Bill Still Contains Bad News for Students; Includes Provisions That Will Force Students to Pay More for College
- Press Release -- February 1, 2005
Representatives Miller, Kildee Request Hearings Into For-Profit Colleges' Recruiting Practices
- Press Release -- January 21, 2005
Democrats Want Immediate Action to Simplify College Aid Application; Despite reform efforts, forms remain too complex
- Press Release -- January 14, 2005
Representative Miller Statement on Bush College, Job Training Proposals
- Press Release -- January 12, 2005
Bipartisan Student Loan Bill Would Boost Funding For College Scholarships by $12 Billion Without Costing Taxpayers a Dime, Says CBO
- Press Release -- January 5, 2005
Democrats Push to Restore Pell Scholarships For Over 1 Million Students; Introduce bill to undo Bush cuts to Pell scholarships
Background Information
- Background Summary -- January 29, 2006 (pdf file)
Background Information on the Republican Raid on Student Aid
- Op-ed from the San Francisco Chronicle -- January 25, 2006
from Congressman George Miller: the Raid on Student Aid
- Report -- November 3, 2005 (pdf file)
Setting the Record Straight: the Republican Raid on Student Aid Makes College More Expensive for American Families
- Letter -- November 2, 2005 (pdf file)
Letter from Members of Congress Opposing the $14.3 billion in Cuts to the Student Aid Programs
- Report -- October 7, 2005 (pdf file)
The Raid on Student Aid
- One-Page Bill Summary -- October 2005 (pdf file)
Support the Gulf Coast College Revitalization Act
- Background Information -- July 20-22, 2005
Markup of H.R. 609 of the College Access and Opportunity Act of 2005
- Information for Commencement Addresses -- May 12, 2005 (pdf file)
Boosting College Opportunities
- STAR Act Summary -- March 2005 (pdf file)
Boosting College Scholarships by $1,000; The Student Aid Reward (STAR) Act of 2005
- TRIO Chart -- February 2005 (pdf file)
Impact of Bush 2006 Budget Cuts to TRIO College Outreach Programs: by Congressional District
- TRIO Summary -- February 2005
Upward Bound and Talent Search College Enrollment Results
- Report -- February 2005 (pdf file)
The Benefits of Higher Education for Individuals and Society
- Fact Sheet -- January 13, 2005
Student Direct Loans are Better For Taxpayers
See more information on higher education from the 108th Congress here
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