Thread by @RealBankReform

"Cancelling student loan debt is the single most effective executive action that @POTUS can take to kick start this economy, help close the racial wealth gap, and lift the economic prospects of tens of millions" --@SenWarren #CancelStudentDebt

"Our resolution has over 50 co-sponsors in the House. We are joined by over 325 grassroots groups. The momentum is building, the coalition is growing. With the stroke of a pen, @POTUS can provide relief to tens of millions of families." -- @RepPressley #CancelStudentDebt

"Student debt prevents Americans from building & creating wealth, contributing to the wealth gap. This is felt most acutely by Black & Brown Americans who have historically been denied by their country the privilege of financial freedom" --@RepAdams #CancelStudentDebt

Rep. @Ilhan describes our broken, "two-tiered system" of student debt, one "for the rich families" and "another for the poor & middle class, who have to pay off that education for the rest of their lives." #CancelStudentDebt

Rep. @Ilhan: "I always say, America doesn't suffer from scarcity, it suffers from greed. We can choose to lift the burden of millions of people."

Notes that executive authority under the Higher Education Act can be used to #CancelStudentDebt today.

"81 million Americans elected @JoeBiden President. They gave him a real mandate for change. The $1.7 trillion student debt crisis is due in part to" stagnant wages, "even as the cost of education has skyrocketed" & many jobs require college degree -@RepMondaire #CancelStudentDebt

"This is an issue of racial justice. This is an issue of LGBTQ+ justice. Members of the LGBTQ community, b/c their families tend to disown them, disproportionately have higher student debt. @POTUS must recognize our overlapping crises." --@RepMondaire #CancelStudentDebt

"The student debt crisis has ALWAYS been a racial & economic justice issue. For too long, the narrative has excluded...the ways this debt exacerbated deeply entrenched racial economic inequities. These disparities didn't magically occur..." --@RepPressley
#CancelStudentDebt

.@SenSchumer on #CancelStudentDebt: "We are fighting & fighting & fighting. We think this is great economics, great politics, and most of all, great humanity."

"We are not going to let up until we accomplish this.

A disproportionate burden of student debt falls on people of color." --@SenSchumer #CancelStudentDebt