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On the recordSeptember 9, 2019
This debt is not just choking at our ability to build wealth or our purchasing power; it is quite literally choking people.
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Ayanna Pressley
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Pressley highlights the severe impact of student debt on people's lives.

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