COLORADO SPRINGS Walking across the stage, receiving a diploma and finishing college for many, its supposed to signify the end of years of education and the beginning of a professional life.
Theres just one problem: student loan debt.
We have a big problem. Student loan debt is now about $1.5 trillion in the United States. Forty-four million Americans are borrowers of a student loan with an average student loan debt of about $40,000, said U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner (R- Colorado).
Gardner, who visited the News 5 studios Wednesday, is trying to curb rising higher education costs with the Student Loan Repayment Acceleration Act.
The bill would let employers help employees pay off their debt.
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