For Immediate Release: August 6, 2024
Contact: press@borrowersaction.org
Advocates Applaud Historic Harris-Walz Ticket Announcement
Both candidates have a proven track record of addressing kitchen table issues most consequential for working families across the country
Washington, D.C. — Today, Vice President Kamala Harris announced Minnesota Governor Tim Walz as her Vice Presidential running mate. This is one of the strongest pro-working family tickets in our nation’s history, with a proven track record of addressing the kitchen table critically important to working families across the nation.
Aissa Canchola Bañez, Political Director of Protect Borrowers Action, issued the following statement:
“By choosing Governor Tim Walz as her running mate, Vice President Harris is showing once again that helping working families is at the core of her agenda. Both Vice President Harris and Governor Walz have proven track records of addressing the kitchen table issues that families care most about—from making college more affordable and combating the student loan debt crisis, to reducing household costs and childhood hunger, to fighting for livable wages and creating a care economy that truly supports workers and their families.
As Donald Trump, J.D. Vance, and their right-wing allies continue to promote their extreme Project 2025 manifesto, which would attack working families and push college affordability, student loan debt relief, affordable childcare, affordable housing, paid family leave, and so much more even further out of reach, the contrast could not be more clear.”
Here’s Governor Walz’s record on tackling the student debt crisis and making college more affordable:
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Created a new student loan debt relief program to support nurses crushed by student loan debt.
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Protected Minnesota student loan borrowers from a state tax bill as the Biden-Harris Administration delivered life-changing student loan debt relief. Over the last three years, more than 43,500 student loan borrowers across Minnesota have benefitted from student loan debt cancellation under the Biden-Harris Administration.
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Made public college free for students and families across Minnesota earning below $80,000.
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Protect Borrowers Action educates, activates, and mobilizes Americans with student debt to hold right-wing officials accountable for their efforts to deny borrowers life-changing relief and keep them drowning in student debt. PBA is a fiscally sponsored project of Fund for a Better Future, a 501(c)(4) nonprofit organization. Learn more at borrowersaction.org.