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Mark DeSaulnier: “Despite promises to implement the law as Congress intended, Secretary DeVos and President Trump proposed the elimination…”

On the recordJuly 17, 2017
Despite promises to implement the law as Congress intended, Secretary DeVos and President Trump proposed the elimination of bedrock ESEA programs.
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Mark DeSaulnier
Democratic · California

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Criticism of the Trump administration's proposed cuts to essential education programs.

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