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Cori Bush: “The Federal student loan debt is over $1.6 trillion, and it only seems like the cost of the degrees have increased.”

On the recordOctober 24, 2023
The Federal student loan debt is over $1.6 trillion, and it only seems like the cost of the degrees have increased.
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Cori Bush
Democratic · Missouri

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Discussing the rising costs of higher education and student loan debt.

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