• Vice Chairman of the House Education and the Workforce Committee.
• Successful in bringing more competition to the federal student loan program through creation of the Direct Loan program – increasing opportunities while lowering costs for the American taxpayer.
• Sponsor of the bipartisan Student Aid Reward Act to encourage more savings in the student loan program – with more funds available for Pell Grants and deficit reduction at no additional cost to the taxpayer.
• Strengthened the Troops to Teachers Program to encourage retiring military to become teachers – over 9,000 are now in our classrooms across the country.
• Won passage of proposal to speed specialized textbooks and other learning materials to sight-impaired students.
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