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Summer Lee: “I'm probably the congressperson that has the highest student…”

Featuring: Summer Lee, Democratic | U.S. House Pennsylvania, District 12

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Published | Video Starts at 03:11

My sister Rashida talked about it. I'll talk about it. We talk about it all the time. We're here from real lived experience. I don't take for granted. I'm probably the congressperson that has the highest student loan debt in this country. I'm somebody who came from very little and made it here. It wasn't by happenstance. We worked hard to get to where we are. (03:11–03:15)

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Asserts that she may have the highest student loan debt among congresspersons.

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