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On the recordApril 9, 2019
I think what kills me about this isn't just the context of the fact that we are cutting some of the most critical programs to improve literacy, it is the hypocrisy of what I see from this Department.
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Josh Harder
Democratic · California

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Harder criticizes the cuts to literacy programs and the Department of Education's contradictory messaging.

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