<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/news/blog/2026/rosa-delauro-student-loan-payment-legislation.php" dsn="blogs"><type>Internal</type><external_link/><featured/><category>The Charger Blog</category><pubDate>04/24/2026</pubDate><title>Congresswoman DeLauro Visits University of New Haven to Announce Legislation Surrounding Student Loan Repayment</title><description>The Savings Opportunity and Affordable Repayment (SOAR) Act would protect student-loan borrowers and provide a clearer path to debt relief.</description><hide-description/><author>Kaitlyn Pinheiro</author><author-details>Office of Marketing &amp; Communications</author-details><hide-author/><date>April 24, 2026</date><image><img src="https://newhaven.edu/_resources/images/news/general/2026/delauro-presser.jpg" alt="Rosa DeLauro and University leadership"/></image><image-caption>Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro joined University leadership and local advocates to introduce legislation surrounding student loan repayment options. </image-caption><hide-image/><tags><tag>News</tag><tag>government-affairs-and-global-engagement-director</tag><tag>name-jens-frederiksen</tag><tag>news-all</tag><tag>news-blog</tag><tag>year-2026</tag></tags></item>