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Frank Riggs: “Should a State want to commit its educational resources in this area, and I think the gentleman is correct, that is the…”

On the recordSeptember 25, 1996
Should a State want to commit its educational resources in this area, and I think the gentleman is correct, that is the course his home State of Texas would like to take, it would be free to do so under the Gallegly amendment, because the decision under the Gallegly amendment is left to the States.
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Frank Riggs
California

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Discussing state control over educational resources in relation to the Gallegly amendment.

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