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Democratic lawmakers are promising bolstered student-loan oversight after a blue wave swept the midterms.
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That oversight could include hearings and investigations into Trump’s plan to dismantle the Education Department.
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Another major area for oversight is the administration of Trump’s sweeping repayment changes.
A student-loan oversight wave is coming.
After Democrats gained control of both the House and Senate in the midterm elections, they began to release priorities for the next Congress. Oversight of the Trump administration’s actions was top of the list, including the Department of Education and its student-loan changes.
Massachusetts Sen. Ed Markey said in a press conference ahead of the election that “we’re going to begin to have the…