Pete Sessions: “I have lived in Uvalde my whole life.”

Mr. Chairman, thank you very much, and I want to thank our witness for being here and the conversation that she is having with the Committee.

This is an embarrassment, in my opinion, and I think the opinion of most people where I represent in Texas, that we are encouraging this behavior.

It would make sense not to rely on self-certification in the future, and yet the Biden Administration is proposing to allow applicants for student loan forgiveness to self-certify for this benefit.

I might have done it differently.