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Ayanna Pressley: “The facts of this crisis, and again it is a crisis, require no exaggeration. We are past the point of just paying…”

On the recordSeptember 9, 2019
The facts of this crisis, and again it is a crisis, require no exaggeration. We are past the point of just paying attention. It's time to act.
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Ayanna Pressley
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Pressley calls for urgent action on the student debt crisis.

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