A lawmaker from Michigan on Tuesday compared President Biden’s student loan forgiveness to auto loan forgiveness – in an effort to criticize the administration's debt relief policies. During a hearing on Tuesday, Rep. Lisa McClain, R-Mich., took issue with the Biden administration for forgiving billions in student loan debt against what she said was the will of the Supreme Court and Congress.
Cardona claimed the Higher Education Act, a Lyndon Johnson-era law, provides him the authority to implement certain forgiveness programs, leading McClain to ask again whether he has more power than the high court or Congress, a charge the secretary denied. Cardona pointed to the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program, implemented by Congress in 2007. He said that the law was poorly implemented and did not reach enough beneficiaries.
The answer is ‘of course not.'' In a statement on her exchange to Fox News Digital, McClain said Cardona cannot 'seem to answer simple questions' at House Education & Workforce Committee hearings. 'All I wanted to know was what gave him the right to overpower Congress and the Supreme Court? He couldn’t give me an answer. I asked him if we forgive student loans, what’s next, your car loan and your mortgage? Once again, he refused to answer.