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John Kline: “We urgently need Congress to reauthorize the ESEA law because for the past 10 years American schools have lived under a…”

On the recordFebruary 15, 2012
We urgently need Congress to reauthorize the ESEA law because for the past 10 years American schools have lived under a law that I have referred to as--it reminds me of the old Clint Eastwood movie, 'The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly,' because there is a little bit of all of that found in this law.
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John Kline
Republican · Minnesota

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Emphasizing the need for reauthorization of the ESEA law.

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