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On the recordApril 28, 2014
Why do you assume the federal government can rank colleges and thereby, presume to know what is best for millions of students and their families as they research their postsecondary options?
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Virginia Foxx
Republican · North Carolina

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Questioning the federal government's ability to rank colleges effectively.

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