VP Kamala Harris in Philadelphia to tout Biden administration's latest student debt relief proposal
Source: Pennsylvania Capitol Star
April 8, 2024 5:04 pm
PHILADELPHIA — Social worker Kelli Gray fought back tears Monday as she recalled the moment she realized her student loan debt had been forgiven. “I went on the FAFSA website and it was all zeroes,” Gray said. She had $350,000 worth of debt forgiven as a result of the programs already put in place by the Biden administration. She said with the debt forgiven, she was able to get approved to purchase a house.
Vice President Kamala Harris visited a school in Philadelphia on Monday to highlight the Biden administration’s latest student debt forgiveness proposal.
“The president and I continue to do, and will do, much more to build on this work,” Harris said during the roundtable at William Cramp Elementary School. “We want to create incentives for people to acquire the kinds of skills like the professionals at this table have, to do the work that they do, that benefits so many others and benefits all of us as a nation.”
President Joe Biden announced the latest plan in a trip to swing state Wisconsin on Monday. The plan would include a one-time cancellation of all accrued interest for 23 million borrowers, cancel the full amount of student loan debt for 4 million borrowers, and provide at least $5,000 in student debt relief for more than 10 million borrowers.
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