Education
The twenty-first century has brought about profound changes to the ways in which we do business both at home and abroad. As information, goods, and people flow seamlessly across borders at previously unimaginable speeds, we must rethink how to best equip our students for success in this new, global job market. To that end, I have championed efforts in Congress to reauthorize the badly-outdated No Child Left Behind law to ensure that Washington is a partner, not a barrier, to innovation in the classroom. I have also fought to keep college affordable for middle class families by spearheading passage of bipartisan legislation to lower federal student loan interest rates and introducing legislation to reduce the complexity of loan repayment programs.
