On 3/1/2023, a reporter asked White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre, ” I wanted to ask you about the student loan arguments that were before the Supreme Court yesterday, and many justices seem to take issue with — with the program. And I wonder if the administration has a message to those who have had loans already forgiven and are kind of in limbo right now. And given the skepticism from a lot of the justices, are there any plans from the administration in the event that you don’t have the authority or the authority is struck down?

MS. JEAN-PIERRE: … And we believe in our legal authority to get that done, to get it implemented. And let’s not forget, it is a good plan. It is a plan that’s going to give American families — middle-class families who truly need it, individuals who truly need it — up to $20,000 in relief; to give that, again, a little bit of breathing room … Secretary — Secretary of Education sent out an email to borrowers yesterday, and basically saying that we have their back.

Reporter: I guess my question is: If that plan is deemed unconstitutional, is there a backup plan?

MS. JEAN-PIERRE: No, I just said, that’s our plan … to make sure that they can either start a family or buy a house.

Q Let me follow up on a separate question that was asked by one of my colleagues in the room about the student loans and the wait for the decision from the Supreme Court as it relates to this. I know that you said earlier that there is no other plan. The plan right now is the one that’s being presented before the Supreme Court and you feel strongly in your case. Obviously, those who have loans that they would owe, in case this is rejected, don’t have that same ability. They have to have a backup plan in case. I know that two months would pass before they would have to pay those loans again, in case the Supreme Court rejects this here. But what do you say to those Americans who have tens of thousands of dollars that they might be responsible for two months after the Court makes its decision, if they choose reject it? How should they be preparing right now for that? And what would you do to protect them?

MS. JEAN-PIERRE: And I’ll just add that, yesterday, right in front of the Supreme Court, you saw many of those Americans speaking out loud —
Q We did.
MS. JEAN-PIERRE: — and clear, and saying how important the President’s plan is to them. Because they’re being crushed, right?
Q But what’s the — what should be —
MS. JEAN-PIERRE: No —
Q — the plan B?
MS. JEAN-PIERRE: Well —
Q Because everybody who has their own budget at home has to have a plan B.
MS. JEAN-PIERRE: I totally — I — I hear you, Peter. And you asked me what the message was to the American people. You heard — I just laid out … look, we do not — we do not — again, we do not have another plan. This is our plan. This is it … We believe that we have the legal authority. That’s why we took it to the highest court of the land, the Supreme Court.

Q Just to be clear, though: So you don’t have another plan? Which is to say for those other — and you have those individuals’ backs, which is to say, if this is rejected though, there isn’t anything in the works right now —

MS. JEAN-PIERRE: What —
Q — by this administration to have their —
MS. JEAN-PIERRE: What I’m saying to you, Peter —
Q — back going forward? They would be —

MS. JEAN-PIERRE: What I’m saying — what I’m saying to you, Peter, is: This is our plan. It is a good plan because how it helps Americans across the country, especially working Americans, middle-class Americans. So this is our plan. And you heard it. You heard it. The reason I mentioned the folks that were in front —

Q I get it. I’m just asking on behalf of —
MS. JEAN-PIERRE: — of the Supreme Court.
Q — those folks that have tens of thousands they owe. What should they do?
MS. JEAN-PIERRE: (Laughs.) I — and — and —
Q So what should they do?
MS. JEAN-PIERRE: And I sa- — and I said —
Q Do they need to start saving money?
MS. JEAN-PIERRE: — they should know that we are going to continue to fight, that we feel strong in our legal authority here.

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Q: student loan forgiveness plan B? A: this IS our good plan, to start a family or buy a house