Mr. Speaker, I appreciate my colleague's comments, but we are showing compassion to the 87 percent of the people in this country who played by the rules and paid their bills or didn't go to college. The 13 percent who did take out debt who…

Mr. Speaker, pursuant to House Resolution 429, I call up the joint resolution (H.J. Res. 45) providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of Education…

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of H.J. Res. 45, which would block the Biden administration's debt transfer scheme and prevent any further extension of the student loan repayment…

Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Florida (Mr. Bean), chair of the Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education Subcommittee.

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, I rise, again, in support of H.J. Res. 45 and urge my colleagues to pass this bill. The Democrats and the White House have accused Republicans of working against the…

Mr. Speaker, I have no objection. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Without objection, the offending words are withdrawn. There was no objection. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman will proceed in order.

Mr. Speaker, I am prepared to close whenever the gentleman from Virginia is prepared, and I reserve the balance of my time.

Mr. Speaker, I demand that words be taken down. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman will suspend. The gentleman will take a seat. The Clerk will report the words. {time} 1330

Mr. Speaker, I would let Representative Davis know that in Illinois 11,655,200 people don't have student debt, and they will be the ones bearing the cost of the transfer from 90,800 people. Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman…

Mr. Speaker, may I inquire as to how much time is remaining? The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentlewoman from North Carolina has 4\1/ 4\ minutes remaining.

Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that all Members may have 5 legislative days in which to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous material on the resolution under consideration. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there…

Mr. Speaker, I yield 5 minutes to the gentleman from Virginia (Mr. Good), the author of this resolution and the chair of the Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions Subcommittee.

Mr. Speaker, I think our colleagues on the other side of the aisle are doing their best to gaslight the 87 percent of their constituents who are going to be saddled with the debt from the 13 percent. In Washington's 7th Congressional…

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself 2\1/2\ minutes. Mr. Speaker, I would like to point out that in the 10th District of Florida, 654,500 people will be paying the debt for 122,500 people. Mr. Speaker, over the last two decades, tuition and fees…

Mr. Speaker, my colleagues want us to feel so sorry for these people who took out these loans and who are not going to pay them back. My colleague in the 12th District of North Carolina said 121,000 people in her district. Mr. Speaker, you…

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself the balance of my time to close. Mr. Speaker, we all know that access to college is available to every single person in this country. It is not a matter of access. It is a matter of who is paying back their…

I think, unfortunately, what you are seeing is disinformation being around voter fraud; around, you know, stolen elections. I think that is what is fueling these election changes, it is what is fueled the January 6 insurrection, and it has…

I think, unfortunately, the fact that Congress has under-funded local elections has resulted in things that we are seeing, like longer lines in polling stations, you know, making it harder for people to do things like register to vote.