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Rand Paul: I think important to remember, though, that the goal of the bill was not to have no regulations but to have them closer…

On the recordJuly 13, 2016
I think important to remember, though, that the goal of the bill was not to have no regulations but to have them closer to home where you are deciding those in your States, not at the Federal level, and to make sure that it's not so overbearing in its application that we do exactly what we did with No Child Left Behind.
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Rand Paul
Republican · Kentucky

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Senator Paul emphasizes the need for state-level control over education regulations.

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