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Jack Reed: “The issue is not that someone cannot file bankruptcy. It is that they cannot discharge the loan in bankruptcy.”

On the recordJuly 23, 2012
The issue is not that someone cannot file bankruptcy. It is that they cannot discharge the loan in bankruptcy.
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Jack Reed
Democratic · Rhode Island

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Senator Reed clarifies the bankruptcy issue regarding private student loans.

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