We should immediately take up and pass the House-passed extension to provide certainty to students and ensure that this important source of student financial assistance is not interrupted.
Support immediate passage of legislation to reauthorize the Perkins Loan Program and prevent interruption of this student financial assistance.
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In the meantime, we should immediately take up and pass the House-passed extension to provide certainty to students and ensure that this important source of student financial assistance is not interrupted.
Previously, Sens. Warner and Kaine joined 52 colleagues—a bipartisan majority of the Senate—in sending a letter to Senate leaders urging them to reauthorize the Perkins Loan Program. Earlier, Sens. Warner and Kaine were also joined by U.S. Reps. Bobby Scott (D-VA-3), Gerry Connolly (D-VA-11), and Don Beyer (D-VA-8) in a Sept. 28 letter urging the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) to approve a one-year Perkins reauthorization.
In the meantime, we should immediately take up and pass the House-passed extension to provide certainty to students and ensure that this important source of student financial assistance is not interrupted.
We should immediately take up and pass the House-passed extension to provide certainty to students and ensure that this important source of student financial assistance is not interrupted. ... We urge you to take up and pass the Higher Education Extension Act without delay.
Sens. Warner and Kaine joined 52 colleagues – a bipartisan majority of the Senate – in sending a letter today to Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and Minority Leader Harry Reid urging them to act now to reauthorize the Perkins Loan Program... In the meantime, we should immediately take up and pass the House-passed extension to provide certainty to students and ensure that this important source of student financial assistance is not interrupted.
Evidence
U.S. Sens. Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine welcomed legislation that passed the Senate to renew the Federal Perkins Loan Program, a critical lifeline for 7,800 low-income college students in Virginia. The program had lapsed on September 30, 2015, cutting off the ability for approximately 1,500 colleges and universities across the country to make low-interest loans to new borrowers. The Senate unanimously passed legislation to extend the program for current undergraduate students through 2017.
U.S. Sens. Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine pressed Senate leaders to take up and pass legislation to reauthorize the Perkins Loan Program, which expired on September 30, 2015. They joined 52 colleagues in sending a letter urging immediate action to provide certainty to students and ensure that this important source of student financial assistance is not interrupted.
December 16, 2015 Senate proceedings on the Perkins Loan extension show the chamber acted on the Federal Perkins Loan Program Extension Act of 2015, extending Perkins loans for current undergraduate borrowers through September 30, 2017.
The enacted bill text extends the authority to make Perkins Loans to eligible undergraduate students through September 30, 2017, and to certain graduate borrowers through September 30, 2016.
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Sen. Warner actively urged Senate leadership to reauthorize the Federal Perkins Loan Program (joined a 52-member letter in Oct 2015) and publicly welcomed the Senate's unanimous passage. The Federal Perkins Loan Program Extension Act (H.R.3594) was acted on in the Senate and enacted on December 16, 2015, extending Perkins loans for current undergraduate borrowers through September 30, 2017, thereby preventing an interruption in aid. The action occurred while Warner was in office and he materially contributed to the effort, so the promise is fulfilled (same-term delivery).
Senator Warner actively advocated for and supported immediate passage of legislation to reauthorize the Perkins Loan Program. He pressed Senate leaders, joined colleagues in urging action, and welcomed the Senate's unanimous vote to extend the program for current undergraduate students through 2017. The legislative outcome directly matches the promise specifics, as the interruption to student assistance was prevented for current students in the same term.
Senator Warner promised to support immediate passage of legislation to reauthorize the Perkins Loan Program and prevent interruption of this student financial assistance. The evidence shows that he actively pressed Senate leaders and publicly urged immediate reauthorization. Furthermore, he welcomed and supported the Senate's unanimous passage of legislation to extend the program for current undergraduate students through 2017, fulfilling the core promise to prevent program interruption. This occurred within the same term as the program's lapse, and demonstrated direct legislative effort consistent with the promise.
Senator Mark R. Warner promised to support immediate passage of legislation to reauthorize the Perkins Loan Program and prevent interruptions in student financial assistance. Evidence shows that he actively advocated for reauthorization in October 2015 and welcomed the Senate's unanimous passage of an extension for current undergraduates in December 2015, thereby fulfilling the promise in the same term and making significant effort to deliver on his commitment.