Education

WASHINGTON – Congresswoman Maxine Waters (CA-43), Ranking Member of the Committee on Financial Services, joined with community members on May 17, 2025, at a rally in her district to discuss Donald Trump’s and Elon Musk’s attempts to eliminate the U.S. Department of Education. The Congresswoman released the following statement after the rally:  
  

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Maxine Waters (CA-43), Ranking Member of the Committee on Financial Services, released the following statement in response to President Trump’s unconstitutional executive order abolishing the U.S. Department of Education. 

Washington, D.C – Today, Congresswoman Maxine Waters (CA-43) introduced the Affordable PLUS Repayment Options for Parents Act of 2025, which would make affordable, income-driven repayment (IDR) plans available to parents who have taken out “Parent PLUS” loans to send their children to college.

Washington (December 5, 2024) – Congresswoman Maxine Waters (CA-43), Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), and Senator Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) called on the Department of Education to discharge student loan debt for hundreds of thousands of students who were defrauded by predatory schools. During the first Trump Administration, defrauded borrowers’ applications for debt relief were left to languish for years, and if reviewed, were often denied. In their letter yesterday, the lawmakers called for the Department to use its authority to immediately discharge debt.

Waters Applauds Victory for Defrauded Students in Case Against Secretary DeVos

Washington, D.C. – Today, Congresswoman Maxine Waters (CA-43), Chairwoman of the House Financial Services Committee, issued the following statement after student loan borrowers scored a victory in court this week against Education Secretary Betsy DeVos related to the Borrower Defense program.

Rep. Waters Sharply Rebukes the College Admissions Scandal

WASHINGTON – Congresswoman Maxine Waters (CA-43) issued the following statement after approximately 50 individuals were charged or indicted by federal prosecutors for engaging in widespread criminal fraud to buy students' way into selective universities:

WATERS, DURBIN REINTRODUCE BILL TO GIVE STUDENTS DEFRAUDED BY FOR-PROFIT COLLEGES THEIR DAY IN COURT

WASHINGTON – U.S. Representative Maxine Waters (D-CA-43) and U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) and have reintroduced bicameral legislation designed to strengthen students' ability to hold for-profit colleges accountable in court for their misconduct.

Congresswoman Waters Applauds Students' Victory in Borrower Defense Ruling

WASHINGTON -- Congresswoman Maxine Waters (CA-43) released the following statement after a federal judge ruled that an Obama-era set of consumer protections for defrauded students, known as the Borrower Defense Rule, will go into effect immediately, after repeated attempts by the Trump Administration and the for-profit college sector to delay the regulation: