Political Quotes

On the recordSeptember 15, 2009
The District of Columbia has failed its children for many years by denying them the chance for a good education, thereby relegating them to lives of limited choices and lost opportunities.
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Susan Collins
Republican · Maine

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Collins criticizes the educational system in D.C. for failing children.

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