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Remember a couple of facts about this. we have one and a half trillion dollars that the government is owed and unpaid student loans on its way to 2 trillion. this is the largest single liability in the federal budget. also remember that as students who start college, about 50% of them do not finish within six years. so a lot of people are ending up holding debt without a degree and without a job. this affects people's choices in life and so on. it's a big problem, it's been avoided by a lot of people. i'm glad that the trump white house is addressing it. >> sandra: very interesting, and you ar...

Your student debt. so no, that's not the right thing to do. if people have a lot of debt now, i want to have programs where they can refinance their loans at lower rates and with more flexible repayment programs. but it's more of a point of how unfair this system is. we've got a lot of things in this country, jake, as you know, that are structurally unfair. right, where kind of the little guy is getting a bad deal. and this is a good example, i think. >> i want to bring in jacquelyn le vornia, working as a strategist for southern new hampshire university. jacquelyn. >> good evening, congressma...