[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 78 (Monday, May 6, 2024)]
[House]
[Page H2837]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
BAILING OUT ART STUDENTS
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Chair recognizes the gentleman from
Pennsylvania (Mr. Joyce) for 5 minutes.
Mr. JOYCE of Pennsylvania. Mr. Speaker, last week, President Biden
unilaterally made the decision to cancel more than $6.1 billion in debt
for 300,000 art students across our country.
This is a bailout. This bailout is an insult to the tens of millions
of Americans who either paid off their student loans or who never
attended college in the first place.
Instead of using taxpayer dollars in an attempt to win votes,
President Biden should be turning his attention to the runaway
inflation that has impacted every man, woman, and child in America.
Parents shouldn't have to choose between buying gas or buying groceries
for their families. Parents should not have to dip into their savings
or into their retirement accounts to afford basic goods.
Sadly, under President Biden, these decisions have become all too
common. It is time to stop wasting taxpayer dollars on student bailouts
and Green New Deal initiatives. It is time to return to fiscal
restraint. It is time to put a stop to the runaway inflation that has
become the trademark of the Biden administration.
Biden Administration's Secret Flights
Mr. JOYCE of Pennsylvania. Mr. Speaker, last week, the House Homeland
Security Committee released documents that identified over 45 airport
locations that were used by President Biden to secretly fly over
400,000 illegal immigrants into our country.
These documents, which the Biden administration only turned over
under subpoena, show that Secretary Mayorkas and President Biden have
been transporting illegal immigrants into communities across the United
States.
It is clear that President Biden is using our regional airports to
spread this crisis and effectively make each and every State a border
State.
The American people cannot afford to have a Homeland Security
Secretary that fails to keep America safe, and Pennsylvania families
cannot afford a President who cares more about illegal immigrants than
about the American people.
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