Providing for Congressional Disapproval of the Rule Submitted By the Department of Education Relating to ``Waivers and Modifications of Federal Student Loans''

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Ms. WILSON of Florida. Mr. Speaker, I rise in opposition to MAGA Republicans' attempts to override the President's veto and kill his student debt relief plan for millions of Americans. It is the height of hypocrisy.

Listen to this: We didn't hear a peep from the Republicans when we bailed out the auto industry. They even nicknamed Detroit ``Government Motors''.

We didn't hear a peep when they bailed out the airlines, or the farmers, and not a word when Members of Congress' PPP loans were forgiven.

We bailed out Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank just the other day. No one said a mumbling word.

When Republicans controlled both Chambers and the White House in 2017, they gave billionaires $1.7 trillion in tax breaks. Shameful.

But when we decide to bail out the students, the hardworking, want- to-be-somebody college graduates who contribute to the economy, all hell breaks loose, and Republicans are outraged.

I know people in their sixties and seventies who still owe student loan debt, and the principal has never changed. But I will keep fighting because every American should have a fair chance to succeed. It is a shame where our country's priorities lie.

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