EXCLUSIVE — A group of House Education and Workforce Committee Republicans, led by Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC), raised concerns on Friday about whether the Biden administration’s student loan consolidation scheme is illegal.

In a letter obtained exclusively by the Washington Examiner, Foxx and 12 Republicans demanded answers from Education Secretary Miguel Cardona about the legality of consolidating Federal Family Education Loans into the Direct Loan program “in order to further its ‘free’ college agenda.”

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