May 11, 2001

Bush Student-Aid Budget Gets Mixed Reviews at Hearing, Even From Defenders

By STEPHEN BURD

When the Bush administration needed someone to appear before a Congressional panel last week to defend its 2002 budget request for the federal student-aid programs, it had little choice but to turn to Maureen A. McLaughlin, a civil servant who had helped to develop higher-education policies in the Clinton administration.

Ms. McLaughlin, who continues to serve as deputy assistant secretary for policy, planning, and innovation in the Office of Postsecondary Education, was sent to testify

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