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On the recordFebruary 2, 2016
I could not agree more than with the gentleman from Indiana when he said that this is the civil rights issue of our time, access to quality education for every single student, no matter what their income, no matter what their zip code is.
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Katherine Clark
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Clark emphasizes the importance of equal access to quality education as a civil rights issue.

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