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Ayanna Pressley: “It's even more appalling when you consider that Secretary DeVos, a person Forbes referred to as a, quote/unquote, 'the…”

On the recordMay 21, 2019
It's even more appalling when you consider that Secretary DeVos, a person Forbes referred to as a, quote/unquote, 'the Queen of debt'--what an awful moniker--has been slow or unwilling to provide debt relief to those who took out these loans, based on deceptive marketing.
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Ayanna Pressley
Democratic · Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Pressley criticizes Secretary DeVos for not providing debt relief to borrowers.

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