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On the recordApril 8, 1997
We are operating at least 760 programs through 39 different agencies. They are not all in the Department of Education. They are in 39 different, distinct agencies, and they spend $120 billion per year.
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Pete Hoekstra
Michigan

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Discussing the number of education programs and their funding across various agencies.

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