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On the recordAugust 5, 1999
According to the Committee for Education Funding, the Republican education agenda is projected to cut over $3 billion from the Department of Education's budget including a $1 billion cut from Title I funding, a program aimed at supporting children in poverty.
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Pete Stark
California

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Criticism of proposed cuts to education funding under the Republican agenda.

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