“I don’t think I have the authority to do it by signing the pen.”
— President Biden, on February 16, 2021, suggesting he can’t forgive student loan debt.
“People think that the president of the United States has the power for debt forgiveness. He does not. He can postpone, he can delay, but he does not have that power. That has to be an act of Congress.”
-– House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, on July 28, 2021.
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