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On the recordMarch 9, 2011
I just find this completely inconsistent with what we were told at the time as part of the rationale for the Federal Government doing something the private sector had been doing in my State extremely well.
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Cynthia Lummis
Republican · Wyoming

Editor's note · Context

Lummis questions the need for increased funding after government takeover of student loans.

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