WASHINGTONAmerican Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten issued the following statement after President Joe Biden vetoed the GOPs Congressional Review Act resolution that would have canceled student debt relief.
The Biden administration has stepped up again, when so many others have failed, to help the millions of borrowers whove had their lives derailed by unsustainable student debt. The Republicans extremist plan would have reinstated already forgiven loans for more than 260,000 public service workers and driven more than 2 million teachers, nurses, first responders and others further into debt. Students go to college because they want to improve their lives, but all too often their dreams are destroyed by crippling loan p…
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