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Chris Murphy: “Special education and vocational rehabilitation are education programs. Any attempt to move these programs to HHS would…”

On the recordJuly 9, 2026
Special education and vocational rehabilitation are education programs. Any attempt to move these programs to HHS would fundamentally alter the purposes of these services, upending fifty years of work that took place at the federal, state, and local level to improve educational and employment outcomes for people with disabilities.
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Chris Murphy
Democratic · Connecticut

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Senator Murphy's defense of special education programs.

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