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Dick Durbin: We're not making it easier and I'm letting Secretary Duncan know my disappointment with what's going on at that level.

On the recordApril 29, 2014
We're not making it easier and I'm letting Secretary Duncan know my disappointment with what's going on at that level.
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Dick Durbin
Democratic · Illinois

Editor's note · Context

Durbin expresses frustration with the Department of Education's accreditation of poor schools.

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