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Ayanna Pressley

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Ayanna Soyini Pressley is an American politician and member of the Democratic Party, serving as the U.S. Representative for Massachusetts's 7th congressional district since January 3, 2019. She made history as the first African American woman elected to the Boston City Council and the first African American woman elected to Congress from Massachusetts. Pressley is known for her progressive stances on issues such as criminal justice reform, healthcare, and immigration policy.

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May 21, 2019

It is unconscionable that we have been delayed in processing over 158,000 borrower defense claims of defrauded and deceived students.

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May 21, 2019

In June of last year in a judgment against Secretary DeVos that prevented the Department from collecting on certain Corinthian College students, the ruling stated, and I quote: Nothing in this order, nothing in this order prohibits the…

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May 21, 2019

Respectfully, there is no answer that you could provide me that would be sufficient when you have processed 33 claims in four years, and we're talking about thousands of lives which have been irreparably damaged.

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May 21, 2019

These schools have lined their pockets with 100 percent of Federal taxpayer dollars, while consistently failing to meet quality benchmarks.

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May 21, 2019

I do believe the Federal agencies should not use this technology without legislative authorization.

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May 21, 2019

Black and Latino students make up less than 30 percent of all students, yet they comprise almost half of all students at for-profit colleges.

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May 21, 2019

I am proud that my home state of Massachusetts, thanks to the tireless work both, respectively, of Attorney General Martha Coakley, initially who was my partner in this effort, and now my dear friend and partner in this effort, Attorney…

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May 21, 2019

Now, the rule can only be enforced if a second year of failing ratings occurs. Yet, under the Trump administration, the Department has issued no additional ratings since the 2017 data set.

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May 21, 2019

The FOIA documents show that Corinthian's marketing and advertising plan was tailored to low-income people and single mothers of color specifically.

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May 21, 2019

This industry raked in record profits at the expense of the hopes and dreams of many of our most vulnerable communities.

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May 21, 2019

As a result of loopholes, these schools have lined their pockets with 100 percent of Federal taxpayer dollars, while consistently failing to meet quality benchmarks and demonstrating a pattern of breaking state and Federal laws.

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May 21, 2019

the Department, it seems, has really abused this agreement.

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