as nbc news reports, the debt forgiveness applies to undergraduate and parent plus loans. tonight, congresswoman said he personally took out $100,000 in loans. is still struggling to make those payments. congressman, you carried that yourself. how big is this for borrowers? it s a big significant step. it s long overdue. i took out over $100,000 of loans. there was a year that i could not pay it back, that i had to pay it forbearance. i was working there, i was able to pay my student loans back. but you know what s? i don t have any resentment that other people, other americans shouldn t have to go through the same hardships that i did. it s crazy in this country. no other western democracy makes young people take out 30, 40, $50,000 of debt to take finish their education. i m glad they did this. the big headline on this plan is the lump sum cancellation. ten or $20,000 depending on
have spoken about this, there are planes being sent to port-au-prince, and they are not even allowed to ask for asylum, and sent back, and saying americans shouldn t visit because of the conditions there. people are sent back to cuba, a country with dictatorship. human rights are getting worse. and venezuela. what are the parameters and what are the clear defining laws that we as a country are being are instituted in the border? right. unfortunately congress hasn t stepped up and done its job so all of these problems we have coming from the supreme court fall back on congress. right now, it s just not clear because of the way of the trump
need it? americans shouldn t have to sacrifice and suffer for president biden s foolish decisions. he made the decision to cancel keystone in the first week of his administration. he made the decision to lift sanctions on nord stream 2. so reverying those two decisions would go a long way to atoning for the bad mistakes as well as stopping the war on domestic energy production here in america. so i fear putin understands that he has enormous leverage. we ll see the weaponization of energy leading up to the crisis. he was withholding gas flows to europe to squeeze the europeans and use leverage in the emergency domain. that will continue throughout this crisis. by the way, that will put further pressure on the administration to get an iran deal at any price. they want to bring iranian crude on to the energy market in order
americans on both sides of the political spectrum are right to ask why should putin s actions matter to the united states, why should we care, why shouldn t we be indifferent to ukraine. some are asking this in good faith, others cynically to land cheap political points. those advocating for indifference want us to believe no vital american interests are at stake in the conflict. those voices are wrong. indifference is not an option here. whether you re an optimistic idealist or hardens realist, americans shouldn t be indifferent. all right. if you are sitting home drinking coffee, looking over your bills, wondering why you should care about what s happening a world away, please remember, russia s invasion of ukraine is a microcosm of autocrisy and
americans on both sides of the political spectrum are right to be asking the question, why should putin s actions matter to the united states, why should we care? why can t we just be indifferent to ukraine? what s our rooting interest against putin? some are asking this question in good faith. others are asking it cynically to try to land cheap, political points. those advocating for indifference want us to believe no vital american interests are at stake in this conflict. those voices are wrong. indifference is not an option here. whether you are an optimistic idealist or a realist, americans shouldn t be indifferent. see, he s right. that proves bobbie bowden right as well. if you saw that coffee cup behind him, bowden was right.