On 4/27/2022, during a press briefing, White House press secretary Jen Psaki was asked about Biden possibly canceling all student loans. No response from Psaki on if Biden considering relief for those who paid for their own college. She said, “I don’t know if people would consider [college cost] ‘half the equation’” in their decision. She again does not deny Biden discussed hunter’s business dealings with his foreign business partners. She has absolutely no answer on Biden’s strategy to deal with broad based inflation.
Reporter: You said that the President is looking at a range of options with regards to canceling some student debt. But is the President looking at any options for those students and parents who saved and sacrificed so that they wouldn’t have to take out such massive loans? Is he looking at including them in relief retroactively? How would they be made whole if there was some sort of canceling of debt?
Psaki: You mean for people who have paid off all of their student loans?
Reporter: Yeah — who made sacrifices so that they wouldn’t have to take out some of those loans.
Psaki: It’s a good question. What I can tell you at this point is that there’s legislation he’d be happy to sign for individuals who have $10,000 in existing student debt. If Congress wanted to send that to him, he’d be happy to sign it, and he’s looking at executive actions and authorities. But I don’t have anything to preview on that front.
Reporter: Then if the President does move on canceling some of the student debt, isn’t that just one half of the equation though? I mean, what is he looking at in order to keep some of these public universities from jacking up tuition prices, despite some of the federal subsidies that they’ve been getting? I mean, what is it to stop some of these schools from just increasing tuition for the next generation of students? Isn’t that half of the equation?
Psaki: I don’t know if people would consider it half of the equation. I don’t know. We’ll let Americans define it. I would point you the Department of Education to talk about their efforts on that front.
Reporter: I want to take another stab at a question I tried yesterday. You answered the first part of it. We’ve heard the President say over and over again that he has never spoken to his son about his business dealings. Has he ever spoken to his son’s business partners about his son’s business dealings?
Psaki: Again, nothing has changed about what I said yesterday. The President does not get involved in the business dealings of his son.
Reporter: Even through his son’s business partners?
Psaki: Nothing has changed since what I said yesterday.
Reporter: Okay. I don’t believe you answered that part of my question yesterday though.
Psaki: He’s not involved in his son’s business dealings.
Reporter: On Title 42, Mayorkas detailed this six-point plan; part of it involves sending healthcare providers from the VA. He was asked about this on the Hill today. He said that it’s necessary, that this interagency effort is necessary. But is it appropriate to be taking resources away from the VA to help with the surge at the border?
Psaki: … our nation’s veterans is a top priority to the President. But we also want to take steps we can at the border, even as we anticipate an increase in migrants coming to the border ..
Reporter: Another piece of this plan talked about the law enforcement help. CBP has 23,000 agents working on the southern border right now. We’re already seeing 7,000 illegal crossings a day; that is expected to surge to 18,000 when Title 42 is lifted. So, how does adding 600 law enforcement officers make a dent in that?
Psaki: Well, I would say, Jacqui, that one of the reasons that Secretary Mayorkas is … testifying on the Hill is to answer the questions of exactly how the resources he’s requesting …
Reporter: And then there’s been reporting that Speaker Pelosi is unhappy with the way that the White House has handled Title 42 and worried that if it comes up for a vote as part of the Ukraine package, that Democrats wouldn’t have the votes to defeat that. Does the White House share that concern? And what do you make of Pelosi seeming to be kind of shaky on just how close she is with the White House on this decision?
Psaki: Well, I would say we’re incredibly close with Speaker Pelosi … It wasn’t a decision made by the White House. It’s a decision made to lift it by the CDC. The authority given to — was given to them by Congress. And our effort and our focus is on implementation.
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Retroactively cancel student loan? Canceling student loan jack up future tuition? Biden not deny met Hunter business partners. Title 42.