Three companies tied to Ralph Norman took four pandemic loans worth $608,500, and the government forgave them. Weeks later he signed a letter calling student debt relief an 'election-year bribe' and 'highway robbery.' Now he wants a Senate seat.
Four of Mike Kelly's car dealerships got pandemic loans in the first two weeks of the program. In May 2020 he voted against a bill making the government publish who got the money. All $974,100 was later wiped out — $987,237 with interest. He calls student debt relief a 'handout.'
His CRACKDOWN Act makes a state ineligible for federal child care funding if its improper payment rate tops 5% for two years running. The government's own auditors say improper payments are usually not fraud.
He chairs the subcommittee that funds schools, health care and worker training. His FY27 bill eliminates adult job training, eliminates youth job training, and cuts Title I for low-income schools by $1.9 billion. He held a press conference about the hospitals.
The Wichita private school Lahn co-founded — financed by Chase Koch — answered to none of the rules Iowa's public schools must follow. His plan for Iowa: expand the $314 million voucher program and 'wipe out' the board that licenses teachers.
Asked whether Pennsylvania should join Trump's new federal private-school tax credit program, Garrity answered: 'I would a hundred percent.' She also wants Lifeline Scholarships — all in a state a court found unconstitutionally shortchanges poor districts.
Idaho cut most state agencies 4% this year and 5% next year to absorb a $155 million hole created by matching Trump's federal tax cuts. In July, Brad Little pointed at the $250 million left over and said he won't be putting any of it back.
House Bill 752 took effect in Idaho on July 1. A first offense is a misdemeanor. A second one within five years is a felony. Gov. Brad Little signed it, along with a second law fining schools $100,000 for not reporting kids to their parents.
HHS wants to strip the standards that have defined Head Start since 1965 — class-size limits, teacher qualifications, disability screening, and the rule that says the program takes every eligible child regardless of disability or a parent's citizenship.