[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 5]
[House]
[Page 5999]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                        DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

  (Ms. HAHN asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Ms. HAHN. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in support of the tens of 
thousands of students who have been left in the lurch after their for-
profit school, Corinthian Colleges, abruptly closed this week.
  The closure came as a surprise. It was the middle of their semester. 
Many of these students are now buried in student loan debt and do not 
know how or if they can continue their education.
  I have urged the Department of Education to make it very clear to 
these students that they have the option to have their loans forgiven. 
However, the Department of Education has been encouraging students to 
transfer to other troubled for-profit schools, rather than have their 
loans discharged.
  Many of the for-profit schools on the Department's list of so-called 
viable transfer opportunities are currently under State or Federal 
investigation. This is shocking and unacceptable.
  I call on the Department to remove immediately any school currently 
under investigation or on heightened cash management from its list of 
recommended options.
  Our students deserve better. Let's give them the guidance that they 
can trust.

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