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On the recordMarch 27, 2012
I ask people at the Federal agency, well, what do you think of this, that we have so much student debt out there owned by our Government, and so much it is not being paid, and defaults, and the like.
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Dick Durbin
Democratic · Illinois

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Durbin highlights concerns about the government's handling of student loan debt.

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