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    Senators Press CFPB To Dig Into Problems With Public Service Student Loan Program

    The senators urged the director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to do more to examine problems with a troubled loan forgiveness program, citing an investigative story by NPR this week.
    by Chris Arnold Oct 17, 2019 3 minutes

    Four U.S. senators told the head of the nation's top consumer protection agency Thursday that they want her to launch examinations into serious problems with a program designed to offer loan forgiveness to public service workers.

    An NPR story this week revealed that the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau attempted such examinations but was thwarted by the Trump administration's Department of Education.

    At issue is the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program, which aims to help police, military service members, teachers, people who

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