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On the recordSeptember 5, 1997
I understand, but it is our job to stop bureaucracies from being wasteful here in Washington. It is the jobs of the folks back home to stop bureaucracies there. But it is also our job to make sure we do not have any more of these unfunded mandates. That is the purpose of the McIntosh amendment. IDEA should have been fully funded a long time ago. And how we do it, we take the money out of these bureaucratic accounts and send it to the kids.
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Donald Manzullo
Illinois

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Discussing the need to eliminate unfunded mandates and fully fund IDEA.

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