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Dick Durbin: “The indebtedness that students are incurring to go to school is holding them back in terms of their own personal…”

On the recordJuly 26, 2011
The indebtedness that students are incurring to go to school is holding them back in terms of their own personal ambitions and career goals.
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Dick Durbin
Democratic · Illinois

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Durbin discusses how student debt impacts personal ambitions and poses risks to taxpayers.

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