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# Secretary Cardona Statement Following Supreme Court Oral Arguments

# Secretary Cardona Statement Following Supreme Court Oral Arguments

February 28, 2023

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Today, U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel  Cardona issued the following statement after the conclusion of oral arguments  before the Supreme Court on the Department’s one-time student debt relief  program:

“Today,  the Biden-Harris Administration mounted a powerful defense before the U.S.  Supreme Court on our plan to provide targeted, one-time student debt relief to  more than 40 million working- and middle-class Americans as they recover from  the pandemic. The Department of Justice argued against the lawsuits aimed at  denying relief to borrowers,  made clear that challengers to the program lack standing to even bring their  cases to court, and  explained the Department of Education’s decades-old authority used by multiple  administrations to protect borrowers from the effects of national emergencies.

“President  Biden, Vice President Harris, and I recognize how essential this relief is for  tens of millions of Americans, and we are fighting to deliver much-needed help  to borrowers trying to get back on their feet after the economic crisis caused  by the pandemic.

“In  addition to this one-time debt relief plan focused on the effects of the  pandemic, we will continue to put the needs of students and borrowers  ahead of special interests, hold colleges accountable for runaway costs and  unaffordable debts, and pursue historic changes to student loan repayment that  will cut costs and reduce the crushing burden of student debt for millions of  working families.”
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