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Elijah Cummings: “You understand that we are concerned about people whose dreams are taken away and then they leave school with two bags…”

On the recordJuly 7, 2011
You understand that we are concerned about people whose dreams are taken away and then they leave school with two bags, one with nothing in it and the other with debt marked all over it.
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Elijah Cummings
Democratic · Maryland

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Cummings highlights the impact of student debt on dreams and education.

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