Pete Sessions: “I thank the gentlewoman for asking. I have no further speakers and will allow her that opportunity, and then I will…”

It seems like we have gotten off into equity and diversity and all these other matters. I would like to, if I can, go a little bit higher and go to the challenges of politically driven agendas.

I thank the distinguished gentleman and friend from Kansas for yielding. I also thank my colleague from the District of Columbia, representing the minority or the Democratic Party on the Subcommittee on Government Operations and the…

You talk about fairness, you talk about cost-effectiveness, you talk about being pragmatic, you talk about science-based answers.

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.