Providing for Congressional Disapproval of Rule Submitted By Department of Education Relating to ``Borrower Defense Institutional Accountability''

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Mrs. DINGELL. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in strong support of H.J. Res. 76 and in strong opposition to the Department of Education's change to the borrower defense rule.

Mr. Speaker, I urge all of my colleagues to stand in defense of defrauded students nationwide from getting relief that they are entitled to. This significant step ensures that we hold the institutions accountable for their actions by blocking this rule from going into effect.

Allowing this rule to move forward is a dismantling of student protections and would further exacerbate the student loan crisis in our country, which is a major crisis for our young people.

We should not be protecting fraudulent institutions that prey on students. We should be working to prevent fraud in education in the first place.

It is vital that defrauded students have a process that is fair and easy to understand, and this new guidance makes it substantially more difficult for these students to receive the relief that they desperately need. Denying debt relief to defrauded students is wrong.

Mr. Speaker, I urge every Member to support this bill.

Ms. FOXX of North Carolina. Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.

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