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On the recordDecember 14, 2010
I wish to ask the Senator, most people say businesses ought to have their opportunity to make a profit. That is what America is all about. What percentage of the revenues at, say, the University of Phoenix come from Federal taxpayers?
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Dick Durbin
Democratic · Illinois
Source
govinfo.gov
Dec 14, 2010

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Senator Durbin is questioning the funding sources of for-profit educational institutions.

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