Senator Jack Reed - US Senator for Rhode Island

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• Reed Joins RWU Students to Tackle Student Debt Crisis

  BRISTOL, RI - In an effort to help make college more affordable for students and middle-class families, U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) today joined Roger Williams University (RWU) President Donald J. Farish, faculty, and students in calling for action to prevent a student loan rate hike on July 1 and...

  Posted on 5/1/2013 | Interest rates, Loans, Jack Reed, Education, Rhode Island, Roger Williams University, Student loans, Students, Financial aid

• Reed, Courtney, College Student Body Presidents Unveil Plan to Keep Need-Based Student Loans Affordable

  In an effort to strengthen the economy and ease the burden of student debt on families nationwide, U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) and U.S. Representative Joe Courtney (D-CT) today joined with student advocacy groups Young Invincibles and the National Campus Leadership Council, and co...

  Posted on 4/11/2013 | congress, Students, Interest rates, Loans, Stafford student loans, Jack Reed, student loan, Education, Student loans

• Senators Want Law Enforcement, Regulators to Step Up Investigation of LIBOR Manipulation

  In an effort to prevent possible banking fraud and restore integrity to our financial system, a key group of lawmakers is asking for a thorough, independent investigation into the London Inter-Bank Offered Rate (LIBOR) manipulation scandal and for any wrongdoing to be fully prosecut...

  Posted on 7/12/2012 | CFPB, London Inter-Bank Offered Rate, Economy, Housing, Currency, Banks, Treasury, Financial Institutions, Markets, Barclays, More Tags

  Ben Bernanke, SEC, The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, Interest rates, Finance, Securities, Banking, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Loans, mortgage, Securities and Exchange Commission, Federal Reserve, LIBOR, Derivatives, Financial Stability Oversight Council, Department of Justice
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  Fighting Student Loan Hike

  Posted on 5/16/2012 | Education, Stafford student loans, Student loans, College, Interest rates

• RIC to Receive $622k to Help High School Students Prepare for College

  PROVIDENCE, RI - As Rhode Island’s Congressional delegation continues working to make college more affordable, prevent student loan rates from doubling, and protect Pell grants from looming budget cuts, U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse and U.S. Representatives Jim Langevin and Da...

  Posted on 5/14/2012 | College, graduation, Pell Grants, Higher education, Education, Department of Education, Senator Sheldon Whitehouse, Nancy Carriuolo, RIC, Loans, More Tags

  federal funding, Central Falls, Upward Bound, Schools, Rhode Island College, Funding, Interest rates, Financial aid, Grant

• Student Loan Interest Rates

     Mr. REED. Mr. President, unless we act quickly, students across the country will face the largest increase of subsidized student loan interest rates in more than 40 years. In the last 40 years, the interest rates on subsidized student loans have never doubled from one year to the next. Yet that...

  Posted on 5/10/2012 | Economy, Students, Student loans, Higher education, Student Loan Affordability Act, Families, Debt, Education, Filibuster, Loans, More Tags

  Interest rates, University, Stop the Student Loan Interest Rate Hike Act

• Reed Seeks to Help Responsible Homeowners Refinance

  U.S. Senator Jack Reed today joined with Senators Robert Menendez and Barbara Boxer in introducing a bill to help millions of responsible homeowners refinance at lower rates and save thousands of dollars each year. “We need to fix the housing market and do everything w...

  Posted on 5/10/2012 | Federal Housing Finance Agency, refinancing, Fannie Mae, Loans, Interest rates, Freddie Mac, Finance, Housing, mortgage, Rhode Island Housing, More Tags

  homeowner, Foreclosure, Economy

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