WASHINGTON, Dec. 12 -- Rep. John Sarbanes, D-Maryland, issued the following statement after a majority of Republicans on the House Education and Workforce Committee voted to prevent new student borrowers from participating in Public Service Loan Forgiveness. Sarbanes authored the legislation creating the PSLF program, which became law as part of the College Cost Reduction and Access Act in 2007.

By a vote of 19-20, Republicans voted down a bipartisan amendment to H.R. 4508, the PROS . . .

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