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Brenda Lawrence: “If we are to do our job, as Congresswoman Foxx said, to teach our students how to think, that must be left in the hands…”

On the recordJuly 26, 2017
If we are to do our job, as Congresswoman Foxx said, to teach our students how to think, that must be left in the hands of those on campus who are best equipped to make those decisions.
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Brenda Lawrence
Democratic · Michigan

Editor's note · Context

Lawrence emphasizes the importance of campus discretion in handling free speech issues.

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