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Pramila Jayapal: “$1.3 billion in taxpayer money is potentially going to be continued for an agency that has wasted that money.”

On the recordSeptember 18, 2019
$1.3 billion in taxpayer money is potentially going to be continued for an agency that has wasted that money.
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Pramila Jayapal
Democratic · Washington

Editor's note · Context

Jayapal expresses concern over continued funding for FedLoan despite its poor performance.

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