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Lisa Murkowski: “I appreciated what you said in response to Senator Alexander's, the Chair's, questions about whether you would work to…”

On the recordJanuary 16, 2017
I appreciated what you said in response to Senator Alexander's, the Chair's, questions about whether you would work to move toward a voucher type of a system if, in fact, we in the Congress said no, that is not the direction.
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Lisa Murkowski
Republican · Alaska

Editor's note · Context

Murkowski acknowledges DeVos's assurance against moving towards a voucher system without Congressional support.

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