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Todd Tiahrt: “the President wants the Federal Government to set national standards for education. How well will it work? I think it…”

On the recordSeptember 23, 1997
the President wants the Federal Government to set national standards for education. How well will it work? I think it will work at least as well as our campaign laws. Last year campaign laws, which are a form of national standards, were twisted, turned, and outright broken. In Kansas, according to the Wichita Eagle, the Democrat National Party violated the law by laundering some $315,000 through individuals and county parties. The first part of campaign reform is to obey the laws we have on the books today. The Democrat National Party apparently broke the laws by coming into our communities, while money laundering is not one of the values our communities like to uphold. Likewise, we do not need Washington to set our educational standards in the communities. Kansas already has educational standards. Let us not degrade educational standards to the level of campaign laws.
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Todd Tiahrt
Kansas
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Editor's note · Context

Discussing the implications of federal education standards and campaign law violations.

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