#shorts On 2/1/2023, Fox News White House correspondent Jacqui Heinrich asked White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre, “With the HEROES Act, it’s the — the portion of the HEROES Act that the Secretary is using is the part that needs a national emergency to be able to cancel that debt. So, I understand what you’re saying. And it was sort of explained in the background call a few weeks ago on this, where an official said that the increased authority under national emergency is necessary for the program to be created but doesn’t have to be in effect through the duration of the program.”

And the reason I’m asking is: That interpretation could potentially allow for, you know, policy effectuation beyond the emergency. So, at what point is someone not worse off after a pandemic? How are we determining —

MS. JEAN-PIERRE: I mean, just getting back to, I guess, the — I guess, the crust of your question is that we don’t need an emergency power to use the HEROES Act. It is a — it is an authority that was given to the Secretary of Education, and he’s using that authority for a time, for a moment that we believe the American people really need it

other clips of this published longer video is here: https://youtu.be/VuuCIM0kwJ4
Q: policy effectuation beyond the emergency A: we believe people really need it