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Dick Durbin: First, through the Chair, I thank the Senator from Massachusetts for her leadership and her effort to refinance student…

On the recordJune 12, 2014
First, through the Chair, I thank the Senator from Massachusetts for her leadership and her effort to refinance student loans. Is it true that what was at stake yesterday was an opportunity for 25 million student loan borrowers--out of roughly 40 million nationwide-- to refinance their student loans at a lower interest rate?
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Dick Durbin
Democratic · Illinois
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Jun 12, 2014

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