June 25, 1999

Lawmakers Differ Over Problems in Delivery of Federal Student Loans

The topic: "Department of Education's Student Loan Programs: Are Tax Dollars At Risk?"

The answer: Yes and No, depending on the Congressman.

A panel of the House of Representatives Committee on Government Reform held a hearing last week on that question.

Democratic appointees at the department deflected criticism that internal inefficiencies and loan fraud were costing millions of dollars. In

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