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Nydia Velázquez: “As of March 31, 2019, the Department of Education has only approved 518 of the more than 73,000 borrowers who have…”

On the recordMarch 30, 2019
As of March 31, 2019, the Department of Education has only approved 518 of the more than 73,000 borrowers who have applied under the program.
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Nydia Velázquez
Democratic · New York

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Velazquez highlights the low approval rate for loan forgiveness applications.

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