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Did Mike Lawler introduce a bipartisan 2% student-loan proposal?

Matches stated record claim. He sponsored H.R. 2003 with Moskowitz as an original cosponsor, but its 2% rate remains a proposal for specified federal loans.

Mike Lawler

A proposed 2% rate for covered federal student loans

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Lawler said he introduced a bipartisan proposal with Jared Moskowitz to cap student-loan interest rates at 2%.

What the record shows ·

Lawler introduced H.R. 2003, the Affordable Loans for Students Act, March 10, 2025. Jared Moskowitz and Anna Paulina Luna were original cosponsors. Its text proposes a 2.0% rate for specified federal loans, modifying eligible Secretary-held loans and permitting refinancing of specified other federal loans. Its new Direct-loan rule would apply after the first July 1 following enactment. The captured action history shows introduction and committee referral, not passage or enactment.

Limit: This establishes the proposal and the named bipartisan introduction. It does not set a current rate for every student loan or cover every private loan. Nearby claims about debt amounts, job prospects and healthcare are not validated by the text. Debate wording is paraphrased from native captions.

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  1. News 12 debate: college costs and vocational pathwayshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cIU9kcsAldc&t=1116s

    News 12 · Published Sep 28, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 7, 2026

    18:36-19:09 Lawler; 19:15-19:47 Conley. Conley supports an interest cap but does not specify 2%. Paraphrase from the host-matched native captions captured October 4; no independently confirmed exact quotation. Full native payload retained privately.

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    News 12 NY-17 debate, Lawler on student-loan interest, 18:36

    News 12 · Published Sep 28, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 7, 2026

    Host-matched native caption segments 535-539, 18:36.080-18:52.720. Paraphrase only; no independently corroborated verbatim quote. Captured via Supadata native mode on October 4, with no generated transcription.

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  2. H.R. 2003 (119th Congress), Affordable Loans for Students Acthttps://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/2003

    Congress.gov · Published Mar 10, 2025 · Reviewed Oct 7, 2026

    Current Congress API detail, complete actions (3) and cosponsors (7) captured October 4. Sponsor Lawler; original cosponsors Moskowitz and Luna. Latest action introduction/referral to Education and Workforce on March 10, 2025. No law listed.

    official legislative record

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  3. H.R. 2003, introduced House text, sections 3 and 4https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-119hr2003ih/html/BILLS-119hr2003ih.htm

    U.S. Government Publishing Office · Published Mar 10, 2025 · Reviewed Oct 7, 2026

    Sets a 2% rate for specified eligible existing federal loans through modification/refinancing and specified future Direct loans. Operates after enactment; it does not cover all private loans.

    official legislative record

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