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Lori Trahan: “It is clear to me that you and your Department are either out of touch with people like me who relied on public…”

On the recordApril 9, 2019
It is clear to me that you and your Department are either out of touch with people like me who relied on public education and was the first to graduate from college in my family, or you are knowingly putting special interests ahead of our students.
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Lori Trahan
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Trahan criticizes the Department's priorities regarding education and student interests.

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