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“I want to stop the spread. They are picking homes like you, and I pick tomatoes in the grocery store.”
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On the recordMarch 8, 2011
I always like to take that time to reaffirm the fact that we have constitutional obligations to provide this kind of education to our kids.
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Richard Shelby
Republican · Alabama
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Emphasizing the constitutional obligation to provide education for children with disabilities.

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