Blackburn Applauds SCOTUS Decision Striking Down Biden’s Student Loan Forgiveness Plan

Senator Marsha Blackburn - Official U.S. Senate headshot
Senator Marsha Blackburn - Official U.S. Senate headshot
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NASHVILLE, TENN. – U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), who led over 40 of her Senate Republican colleagues in an amicus brief to the Supreme Court, released the following statement on the court’s decision.

“Tennesseans should not be forced to pay for coastal elites to get their PhD in gender studies,” said Senator Blackburn. “Today’s Supreme Court ruling confirms what we’ve known for quite some time: President Biden’s student loan forgiveness plan is an unconstitutional power grab. His socialist plan to redistribute wealth is wildly unfair to millions of families who choose to make personal sacrifices to avoid debt. Biden wants the rich to get richer off the backs of hardworking Tennesseans. That’s not the American dream – that’s the socialist dream, and I am glad the Supreme Court sided with the amicus brief I led.”

In February, Senator Blackburn led over 40 of her Senate Republican colleagues in an amicus brief to the Supreme Court arguing that Biden’s decision to forgive federal student loan debt constitutes unprecedented executive overreach and defies the separation of powers that our Constitution requires.

BACKGROUND:

  • Nearly half of student loan debt is held by people with advanced degrees.

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https://www.blackburn.senate.gov/2023/6/blackburn-applauds-scotus-decision-striking-down-biden-s-student-loan-forgiveness-plan/a690538f-f39b-450f-9471-7c02fe36e87a 

Original source can be found here.



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