In 2012, my colleague, Robert Applebaum wrote a petition in support of HR 4170: the Student Loan Forgiveness Act, which was signed by more than one million people. The legislation was designed to lend a helping hand to those struggling under massive amounts of student loan debt. The petition requested that Congress bring the bill up for consideration and commit to holding a straight, up-or-down vote. Despite over a million people signing this petition and demanding action, Representative Kline refused to take action to address the student debt crisis.

The education industry has contributed more to Representative John Kline's re-election campaign than any other. The bulk of these donations come from for-profit colleges, many of which have low graduation rates, high student loan default rates, been engaging in predatory lending, deceptive and fraudulent practices, and bury students deep in debt. Kline however, continues to call for less regulation and oversight for these schools.

Students, graduates, and the American public deserve better from a member of Congress, and especially the chair of the Education and Workforce Committee. For this reason, we at StudentDebtCrisis.org have nominated Representative John Kline for Bill Maher's "Flip a District" campaign, which aims to find the worst representative in the country and oust them from office.

Many of the schools that Kline receives campaign contributions from also have extremely high student loan default rates. Two such schools include ITT Technical Institute of Murray, Utah along with Broadview University which have been listed as "Red Flag" schools for having default rates higher than their graduation rates. Broadview University is part of the Globe Education Network, a family managed group of poorly performing and over-priced for-profit colleges. Other Globe Education Network schools include Globe University which has a 17.5 percent default rate, and Duluth Business University where 23.2 percent default on their student loans.

We are better than this and deserve a member of Congress that represents the people, not simply those who bankroll their re-election campaign. Take action now. Click HERE to help us #FlipADistrict!