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Lloyd Doggett: “The basic reason that tuition is going up is not because the Federal Government is doing too much to help students, but…”

On the recordOctober 6, 2015
The basic reason that tuition is going up is not because the Federal Government is doing too much to help students, but because the States have been doing too little.
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Lloyd Doggett
Democratic · Texas

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Doggett argues that state funding cuts, not federal aid, are driving tuition increases.

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