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On the recordDecember 14, 2010
So more and more students are being charged higher tuition, going deeper in debt, and defaulting at a rate of 3 to 1, being charged three times as much, defaulting three times as much as those who are attending public schools?
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Dick Durbin
Democratic · Illinois
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Dec 14, 2010

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Durbin addresses the rising tuition costs and student debt issues.

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