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Eleanor Holmes Norton: “In reclaiming my time, the gentleman has brought up a very important point. By the way, some of the students who accept…”

On the recordApril 29, 2016
In reclaiming my time, the gentleman has brought up a very important point. By the way, some of the students who accept this voucher are already in the private schools, so they already could obviously afford the program. They are already attending the voucher schools, and they have now gotten vouchers. If you have some free Federal money, let me have some. I yield to the gentleman.
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Eleanor Holmes Norton
Democratic · District of Columbia
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Apr 29, 2016

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