Sen. Cortez Masto Raises Concerns Over Private Debt Collectors in Higher Education
January 23, 2018
January 23, 2018
WASHINGTON, Jan. 23 -- The office of Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nevada, issued the following news release:
U.S. Senator Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) joined Senator Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) in a letter to Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos and Federal Student Aid COO Dr. A. Wayne Johnson over the use of private sector collection agencies who are contracted to pursue defaulted student loan borrowers. Private debt collectors are incentivized to aggressively pursue defaulted stud . . .
U.S. Senator Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) joined Senator Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) in a letter to Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos and Federal Student Aid COO Dr. A. Wayne Johnson over the use of private sector collection agencies who are contracted to pursue defaulted student loan borrowers. Private debt collectors are incentivized to aggressively pursue defaulted stud . . .