Source: United States Senator for Massachusetts Ed Markey
Washington (June 1, 2023) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), a member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, issued a statement following his vote against the Republican Congressional Review Act resolution to obstruct President Joe Biden’s student loan debt forgiveness plan:
“Republicans’ cruel attempt to stand in the way of President Biden’s plans to provide relief to tens of millions of Americans suffering under the crushing weight of student loan debt is damaging to our economy and wildly out of touch with the financial realities facing working families. The loan forgiveness the President is proposing would mean the difference between buying a home, starting a business, and getting an economic leg up for nearly 50 million working and middle-class Americans, particularly for borrowers of color and their families. If you kicked Republicans in the heart, you’d break your toe.”
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