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Jim Nussle: “I yield myself 15 seconds again just to point out that the Democratic alternative, while they come to the floor and…”

On the recordMarch 24, 2004
I yield myself 15 seconds again just to point out that the Democratic alternative, while they come to the floor and lament that we do not fully fund No Child Left Behind, guess what? The alternative budget presented by the Democrats does not fully fund No Child Left Behind. Is that not interesting? In fact, the chairman of the Committee on Education and the Workforce has called it somewhat hypocritical that you would complain on one side and not propose a budget that funds it on the other.
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Jim Nussle
Iowa
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Discussing the funding of the No Child Left Behind Act during a budget debate.

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