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Bob Schaffer: Education is essential and fundamental to the maintenance of our Republic. It is virtually impossible in a Nation that…

On the recordOctober 4, 2000
Education is essential and fundamental to the maintenance of our Republic. It is virtually impossible in a Nation that is devised on a philosophy where the people hold the power and loan that authority to politicians at election time to have a nation made up of an unwise electorate. Of course, being educated liberally in the education of our history, of political philosophy, economics, science, math, and all the rest is absolutely essential in maintaining our presence in the world and on this planet as the world's freest democracy and the nation with the most economic opportunity in the world.
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Bob Schaffer

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Discussing the importance of education in America and the Republican majority's efforts in the Committee on Education and the Workforce.

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