Student loan: use emergency powers after emergency over? A: emergency ending doesn’t change legal

On 2/1/2023, Fox News White House correspondent Jacqui Heinrich asked White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre, “On student loans, does the White House believe that the President or the administration can continue to use emergency powers after the emergency is over?”

MS. JEAN-PIERRE: So, providing debt — debt relief or pau- — pausing loan payments, as it relates to the student loans, does not require an ongoing na- — national emergency. And I just laid — laid out for Karen how we see this process and talking about the HEROES Act, which was — which was a authority that was given to the Secretary of Education through Congress. And that’s how we’re moving forward there. And, look, the emergency ending doesn’t change the legal justification. And here’s a couple of things here. There was a national — there was a national emergency …

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Student loan: use emergency powers after the emergency is over? A: emergency ending doesn’t change legal justification

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JEAN-PIERRE: So, providing debt — debt relief or pau- — pausing loan payments, as it relates to the student loans, does not require an ongoing na- — national emergency
And I just laid — laid out for Karen how we see this process and talking about the HEROES Act, which was — which was a authority that was given to the Secretary of Education through Congress
And that’s how we’re moving forward there