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Pete Hoekstra: “I am not sure that we are even talking about the lowest possible cost. I think everybody here is willing to take a look.…”

On the recordApril 30, 1997
I am not sure that we are even talking about the lowest possible cost. I think everybody here is willing to take a look. If we were getting exemplary results, we would not go through a cost reduction effort, and that is not the focus here, is saving a penny. The problem that we are facing today is the results that our kids are getting is not good enough and that is the number one priority.
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Pete Hoekstra
Michigan

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Discussing education results and cost reduction efforts.

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