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On the recordMay 20, 2013
We spent $10,995. So if you want to look at it as a percentage of GDP, but we are really not comparing apples and apples.
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Virginia Foxx
Republican · North Carolina

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Foxx highlights the U.S. spending on education compared to other countries.

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