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Elijah Cummings: “Let me be clear. I do not consider it gutter politics for the other side to argue what it's arguing. I believe there are…”

On the recordMarch 30, 2011
Let me be clear. I do not consider it gutter politics for the other side to argue what it's arguing. I believe there are philosophical differences, and that's okay. And we will differ. And I have never, not once, and I don't think anybody on this side has not once, said that we don't all want to lift our children up. That's what America's all about. That's how we became the great country that we are. For every child. And again I say it: The worst thing, the greatest threat to our national security is our failure to properly educate every single one of our children. Leave no child behind.
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Elijah Cummings
Democratic · Maryland
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Mar 30, 2011

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