Rebecca Shabad is a politics reporter for NBC News based in Washington.
WASHINGTON — The Biden administration announced a milestone Thursday in its effort to cancel Americans' student debt: it has provided relief to more than one million borrowers who work in public service. Through the Department of Education's Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program, the administration approved about $4.5 million in additional student loan relief for more than 60,000 borrowers, bringing the total relief through that program to $74 million for more than 1 million people.
'That’s an increase of more than 14,000% in less than four years. Let me say that again, we grew the number of public servants earning forgiveness by 14,000%.' Those who qualify for the program include nurses, social workers, teachers, first responders, service members and other public servants.
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