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Mark Souder: “I appreciate the gentleman calling my attention to this article and the fallacy of these national tests, because if we…”

On the recordSeptember 29, 1997
I appreciate the gentleman calling my attention to this article and the fallacy of these national tests, because if we do not have a country that can defend themselves, they are going to get run over by the Washington bureaucracy. I thank the gentleman for his leadership.
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Mark Souder
Indiana

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Discussing national tests and their implications during a floor speech.

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