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On the recordAugust 3, 2010
Now we see that what has been created in some instances is not a ladder of opportunity, but a black hole of debt and disappointment and heartbreak.
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Barbara Mikulski
Democratic · Maryland

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Mikulski critiques the current state of higher education funding.

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