Washinton D.C. –U.S. Senator Katie Britt (R-Ala.) issued the following statement regarding the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in the case of Biden v. Nebraska, which has overturned the Biden Administration’s unilateral executive order to grant forgiveness of certain student loans.
In the spring of this year in the year, Senator Britt along with senator Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) as well as a few Republican colleagues in filing an amicus brief sent to Supreme Court supporting respondents in the case, as well as a second legal dispute against this plan. Department of Education in v. Brown.
“Hard job and individual accountability are the core of our American Dream. As we’ve been aware for years this was the case. The Biden Obama administration’s loan transfer program was inherently unfair, unjust and illegitimate. I was proud to be a part of my Republican colleagues in filing an amicus brief in this crucial case and will keep fighting in the Senate against the White House’s efforts to evade Congress and force their partisan agenda of extreme repression upon Alabama family members,” Senator Britt said.
On the 24th of August 2022 the Biden Administration declared an extension of the pause in student loan repayments and accrual, and an all-encompassing students loan debt “forgiveness” program. The plan instructed U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona to cancel $10,000 in student loans to borrowers who earn below $125,000 ($250,000 when married) and to erase student loans worth $20,000 in the case of Pell Grant recipients who meet the income minimums. According to the Congressional Budget Office has projected that the plan will cost about $400 billion.
Senator Britt joined the bipartisan group of colleagues adopting an resolution of disapproval in the Congressional Review Act to block the Biden Administration’s student loan debt program. She was also a co-sponsor for the measure, in addition. The disapproval resolution was also approved by through the U.S. House of Representatives in a bipartisan 218-203 vote but was rejected by the president Biden.
Senator Britt is also the original cosponsor on the Stop Reckless Student Loan Actions Act, which limits executive power to unilaterally terminate Federal student loan obligations, and delay or suspend student loan payments, as well as the accrual of interest on these loans.
