Democrats demand answers from Betsy DeVos on student loan decision

Published September 15, 2017 2:00pm ET



Two weeks after the Department of Education abruptly cut off the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau from student loan data, several congressional Democrats are asking Secretary Betsy DeVos to explain what happened.

A total of 39 senators and representatives wrote to DeVos on Thursday asking for an explanation of the decision, and who the agency may have worked with before reaching it.

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