"Thirty-one years ago, my opponent voted against the creation of the student-loan program in the first place," he said.

I propose that we deregulate the proprietary education "industry" totally and remove it from the student-loan programs.

Mrs. Roukema said the next Congress must fully finance student-loan programs and deal with the Federal budget deficit.

Most student-loan programs have lifetime borrowing limits, and Yould started to run up against them toward the end of her time at Oxford.

The revamping of student-loan programs was included in - if overshadowed by - the final health care package.

Any revenue generated is donated to student-loan programs at Texas A&M.

In a voice vote, the panel resisted lobbying by the banking industry and agreed to replace the current guaranteed student-loan program, which is highly profitable for private banks.

She is also the chairwoman and president of EduCap Inc., which administers privately financed student-loan programs.

As President, he says, he would work with Congress on developing a "simple, self-supporting and self-enforcing alternative to the existing student-loan program."

Mr. Bennett's student-loan program isn't student aid at all, but bank aid.