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Did Vicente Gonzalez introduce a bill to forgive $25,000 in student loans?

Matches stated record claim. He sponsored the Student Loan Relief Act in 2020 and 2022, which would cancel up to $25,000 per borrower, and neither bill got a vote.

Vicente Gonzalez

Forgiving up to $25,000 of student debt

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What they say

His campaign says he has introduced legislation to forgive up to $25,000 in student loan debt.

“He has introduced legislation to forgive up to $25,000 in student loan debt”

What the record shows ·

He introduced the Student Loan Relief Act as its only sponsor, as H.R. 8514 in 2020 and H.R. 6708 on February 11, 2022. The 2022 text directs the Secretary of Education to cancel or repay the lesser of $25,000 or a borrower's outstanding federal student loan balance. Both were referred to committee and went no further.

Limit: He introduced what he says he introduced. Neither bill received a vote, and he has not reintroduced it since 2022.

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  1. Accomplishmentshttps://vicentegonzalez.com/accomplishments/

    Vicente Gonzalez for Congress · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Campaign-controlled source and the page where he makes claims about his own record: seven sections on the economy, jobs, seniors, veterans, women's rights, health care and education. Every quoted sentence on this desk was matched against the live page.

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  2. H.R. 6708, Student Loan Relief Act, 117th Congresshttps://api.govinfo.gov/packages/BILLS-117hr6708ih/htm

    U.S. Government Publishing Office · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Introduced text. Gonzalez is its only sponsor, on February 11, 2022. It directs the Secretary of Education to cancel or repay the lesser of $25,000 or a borrower's outstanding federal student loan balance. Referred to committee; no further action. He had introduced the same title in the 116th Congress as H.R. 8514.

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  3. Vicente Gonzalez, sponsored legislationhttps://api.congress.gov/v3/member/G000581/sponsored-legislation

    Congress.gov · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    The whole list, 55 items across the 115th to 119th Congresses: 53 bills and resolutions and two floor amendments. One became law, H.R. 6244 of the 118th Congress, which named a post office in Brownsville. None of the 55 concerns the price of prescription drugs.

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