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BROWN: "This is the first step of what I expect to be many more to come. As a proud member of the seat CBC, the congressional black caucus Chairwoman Beatty also continues to champion this effort. So I think we just have to really take pride in what people have been able to successfully accomplish, but also recognize that there is more work to do, but this will help release one in four black borrowers — be able to eliminate their debt. This will help reduce the debt of over 40 million Americans. These Americans aren’t all Democrats. There are some Republicans and independents as well. I think this is definitely a good first step. I would tell the people that there is definitely more to come. We have to do exactly what you said. This is something that is going to be critical for the midterm election. If we do not hold the house, if we do not pick up seats in the Senate, then we can only expect for us to go backwards from here."