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Tom Harkin: If it provided a whole generation of young people of my generation a great college education at very low cost--but we…

On the recordJuly 23, 2014
If it provided a whole generation of young people of my generation a great college education at very low cost--but we don't do that anymore.
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Tom Harkin
Democratic · Iowa

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Harkin questions why current student loan terms are less favorable than in the past.

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