Honorable Joe Courtney
Representative, Connecticut, Democrat
Rep. Courtney has represented Connecticut’s 2nd Congressional District since 2007. He serves on both the House Armed Services Committee and the Committee on Education & the Workforce. The following is an op-ed written by Courtney in September 2023 in which he takes aim at issues relating to student loan interest rates. On Sept. 1, [2023], interest began to accumulate for federal student loans again, marking an unwelcome milestone for family budgets. Since March 2020, when the COVID CARES Act passed with overwhelming bipartisan support, student loan payments — both on the principal and on the interest — have been suspended…
