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Rosa DeLauro: “If we are not willing to make the investment... then that is where our priorities ought to be.”

On the recordFebruary 24, 2015
If we are not willing to make the investment... then that is where our priorities ought to be.
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Rosa DeLauro
Democratic · Connecticut

Editor's note · Context

Emphasizing the need for investment in early childhood and higher education for economic growth.

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