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Michele Bachmann: “I believe the Department of Education, because the Constitution does not specifically enumerate, nor does it give to the…”

On the recordSeptember 4, 2011
I believe the Department of Education, because the Constitution does not specifically enumerate, nor does it give to the federal government the role and duty to superintend over education.

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Bachmann discusses her belief in eliminating the Department of Education based on constitutional grounds.

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