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On the recordMarch 27, 2012
this is exactly what we are trying to accomplish through the legislation that we have offered through this committee, and it is the responsibility of Congress to reauthorize the act, not the Department of Education to hand down more unfunded mandates to the States.
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Martha Roby
Republican · Alabama

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Roby emphasizes Congress's role in education reform and criticizes unfunded mandates.

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