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On the recordApril 24, 2012
Sequestration would effect 1.5 million low-income kindergarten through 12th grade students who would be affected by harmful program cuts in Title 1.
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Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Democratic · Florida

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Wasserman Schultz highlights the negative impact of sequestration on education funding for low-income students.

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