Sen. Markey Calls For Biden Administration To Extend Student Debt Relief Programs

The lawmakers highlighted how extending the PSLF waiver will also allow more military service members and federal employees to make progress towards achieving loan forgiveness through the PSLF program.

Reporting shows that military service members face troubling administrative hurdles in certifying their employment for the PSLF program. By extending the PSLF waiver, more military service members and federal employees can benefit – maximizing the promise of the PSLF waiver.

"[W]e also ask that the Department increase its outreach to public servants and borrowers to ensure that they are aware of the waiver and understand eligibility requirements, and correct any misinformation about the waiver being communicated by student loan servicers," concluded the lawmakers.

In addition to Senator Markey, Senators Tammy Baldwin (D-Wisc.), Michael Bennet (D-Colo.), Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), Cory Booker (D-N.J.), Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Bob Casey (D-Pa.), Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.), Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.), Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii), Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.), Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), Jack Reed (D-R.I.), Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), Tina Smith (D-Minn.), Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.), Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.),and Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) joined the letter.

Representatives Alma Adams (D-N.C.-32), Pete Aguilar (D-Calif.-31), Colin Allred (D-Texas-32), Cynthia Axne (D-Iowa-03), Nanette Barragán (D-Calif.-44), Karen Bass (D-Calif.-37), Suzanne Bonamici (D-Ore.-01), Jamaal Bowman (D-N.Y.-16), Brendan Boyle (D-Pa.-02), Salud Carbajal (D-Calif.-24), Tony Cárdenas (D-Calif.-29), André Carson (D-Ind.-07), Sean Casten (D-Ill.-06), Kathy Castor (D-Fla.-14), Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-Fla.-20), Judy Chu (D-Calif.-27), David Cicilline (D-R.I.-01), Katherine Clark (D-Mass.-05), Yvette D. Clarke (D-N.Y.-09), James E. Clyburn (D-S.C.-06), Jason Crow (D-Colo.-06), Danny K. Davis (D-Ill.-07), Rosa L. DeLauro (D-Conn.-03), Val Demings (D-Fla.-10), Mark DeSaulnier (D-Calif.-11), Lloyd Doggett (D-Texas-35), Adriano Espaillat (D-N.Y.-13), Dwight Evans (D-Pa.-03), Ruben Gallego (D-Ariz.-7), Jesús "Chuy" García (D-Ill.-04), Sylvia Garcia (D-Texas-29), Jimmy Gomez (D-Calif.-34), Raul Grijalva (D-Ariz.-3), Brian Higgins (D-N.Y.-26), Jim Himes (D-Conn.-04), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-Texas-18), Sara Jacobs (D-Calif.-53), Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.-07), Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.-08), Daniel Kildee (D-Mich.-05), Derek Kilmer (D-Wash.-06), Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-Ill.-08), John B. Larson (D-Conn.-01), Brenda Lawrence (D-Mich.-14), Barbara Lee (D-Calif.-13), Teresa Leger Fernandez (D-N.M.-03), Stephen F. Lynch (D-Mass.-08), Lucy McBath (D-Ga.-06), Betty McCollum (D-Minn.-04), James McGovern (D-Mass.-02), Grace Meng (D-N.Y.-06), Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.-10), Joe Neguse (D-Colo.-02), Marie Newman (D-Ill.-03), Donald Norcross (D-N.J.-01), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-D.C.-At-Large), Frank Pallone Jr. (D-N.J.-06), Jimmy Panetta (D-Calif.-20), Bill Pascrell Jr. (D-N.J.-09), Mark Pocan (D-Wisc.-02), Katie Porter (D-Calif.-45), Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass.-07), Mike Quigley (D-Ill.-05), Jamie Raskin (D-Md.-08), Deborah K. Ross (D-N.C.-02), Lucille Roybal-Allard (D-Calif.-40), Raul Ruiz, M.D. (D-Calif.-36), C. A. Dutch Ruppersberger (D-Md.-02), Bobby L. Rush (D-Ill.-01), Linda Sánchez (D-Calif.-38), Jan Schakowsky (D-Ill.-09), Abigail Spanberger (D-Va.-07), Haley Stevens (D-Mich.-11), Thomas Suozzi (D-N.Y.-03), Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.-13), Ritchie Torres (D-N.Y.-15), David Trone (D-Md.-06), Juan Vargas (D-Calif.-51), Nydia M. Velázquez (D-N.Y.-07), Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-N.J.-12), Susan Wild (D-Pa.-07), Nikema Williams (D-Ga.-05), Frederica Wilson (D-Fla.-24), and John A. Yarmuth (D-Ky.-03) also joined the letter.