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On the recordMay 23, 2017
Well, again, I think for all the reasons that you stated, the Transparency Act and Know Before You Go, I mean, it is time for us to do this and move forward and, again, hopefully defer any kind of drastic budget decisions like the ones proposed yesterday until I think Congress has better, you know, sources of information before making that kind of drastic change.
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Joe Courtney
Democratic · Connecticut

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Courtney advocates for transparency in education funding before making budget cuts.

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