[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 39 (Wednesday, March 1, 2023)]
[House]
[Pages H975-H976]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                          STUDENT DEBT RELIEF

  (Ms. BALINT asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. BALINT. Mr. Speaker, as a former teacher, I know that education 
can be and should be a pathway to financial freedom. For over 45 
million Americans facing crippling student debt, education has become 
an unsustainable economic burden.
  Student debt is keeping Americans from buying homes, starting 
families, and saving for their futures. It is holding back a generation 
from getting the education that they need, that they want, and that 
they deserve. This impacts all of us. Our education suffers because of 
this debt. Our economy suffers, our families suffer, and our children 
suffer.

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  President Biden's student debt relief plan will change lives and open 
doors for so many working families.
  It is urgent that the Supreme Court uphold this critical program that 
will free millions of Americans from this heavy financial burden. So 
today I call on the Supreme Court to support President Biden's plan and 
make the historic step in making higher education attainable for 
everyone in this country.

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