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Stephanie Tubbs Jones: And if the gentlemen would yield, that legislation prohibits offenders who have drug convictions from getting student…

On the recordNovember 5, 2007
And if the gentlemen would yield, that legislation prohibits offenders who have drug convictions from getting student loans. So if they wanted to go back to school and change their lives, we've got legislation that prohibits them from having the opportunity to go back to college.

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Discussing the impact of legislation on offenders with drug convictions and their access to education.

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