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On the recordApril 13, 2010
This landmark legislation eliminated wasteful corporate subsidies in the Federal student loan program and strengthened the Pell Grant program.
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Tom Harkin
Democratic · Iowa

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Harkin celebrates the passage of the Student Aid and Fiscal Responsibility Act.

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