Jean-Pierre: We don't need an emergency power to use the HEROES Act. It was an authority given to the Secretary of Education. And he is using that authority, for a time, for a moment, that we believe the American people really need it.
Reporter: The HEROES Act requires a national emergency for the secretary to use itโฆyes, there was a national emergency [pandemic], yes, the administration used the HEROES Act because of the national emergency to cancel student debtโฆwhen do you stop being harmed by the pandemic? How are we measuring it?
Jean-Pierre: That's a decision that the Secretary of Education is going to make.