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Tim Ryan: “What I thought was funny today, or yesterday, in one of the local Capitol Hill newspapers, Roll Call or The Hill, the…”

On the recordJanuary 10, 2007
What I thought was funny today, or yesterday, in one of the local Capitol Hill newspapers, Roll Call or The Hill, the financial sector, the folks who lend money to the students were squawking, and it was blatant right in the article, because they are going to have reduced profits. Well, I am sorry, we are not here to make sure that you get good profits. We are here to make sure that students in the United States of America can afford to go to college and that they can go out and make good profits. This is not an enterprise here for you to tap into and let the money come shooting out.
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Tim Ryan
Democratic · Ohio

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Discussing the financial sector's concerns over reduced profits related to student loans.

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