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On the recordMay 21, 2019
I held one of the first hearings in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts on the deceptive practices of for-profit colleges.
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Ayanna Pressley
Democratic · Massachusetts
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Pressley discusses her efforts against for-profit colleges' deceptive practices.

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