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On the recordMay 15, 2023
the McCarthy debt limit bill, which would put an indiscriminate chainsaw into Perkins Grants and career connected high schools is exactly what our employers across the country do not want.
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Joe Courtney
Democratic · Connecticut

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Courtney criticizes the McCarthy debt limit bill for harming education funding.

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