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Baldwin pushes for student debt reform at Senate hearing

The United States has a student debt problem. It?s a $1.2 trillion ? and growing ? problem, and its impact ripples far beyond the individuals paying back their loans. The burden of that debt on individual graduates and the U.S. economy has been the focus of legislation from both state and national Democrats, including a bill spearheaded by Sens. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., and Tammy Baldwin, D-Wis.