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On the recordMay 16, 2016
As far as I know, everybody getting a four year degree wants a vocation, therefore, my attitude is all education is vocational education.
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Virginia Foxx
Republican · North Carolina

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Foxx argues that all education should be viewed as vocational, as students seek jobs.

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