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Jim Sensenbrenner: “If we repeat that mistake the American taxpayers will rise up, saying the Federal Government lent them money, and they…”

On the recordJune 24, 2019
If we repeat that mistake the American taxpayers will rise up, saying the Federal Government lent them money, and they had no intention of paying it back because the bankruptcy court was across the street.
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Jim Sensenbrenner
Republican · Wisconsin

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Sensenbrenner warns against allowing student loans to be discharged in bankruptcy.

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