Senator Jack Reed is critical of the U.S. Supreme Court ruling on affirmative action.
The Rhode Island Democrat said the court ruling to end race-based affirmative action in college admissions rolls back decades of precedent and progress.
Reed also said quote, “We need to redouble efforts to provide targeted relief for borrowers who are struggling and fix the underlying problem of college affordability. Congress must also pass a law to ensure that colleges have more skin in the game for student debt or the problem will continue to balloon until it pops all over taxpayers.
“Congress should double the Pell Grant to restore its purchasing power the way Congress intended. We also need a more robust federal-state partnership on affordability and student success. I have put forward legislative proposals to accomplish these goals and will continue working to get them across the finish line and deliver real relief to hardworking Americans.”
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