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On the recordApril 16, 2012
I find it absolutely amazing that the United States of America got to the point it got to, got through World War II and won World War II without a single federal government worker training program.
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Virginia Foxx
Republican · North Carolina

Editor's note · Context

Foxx expresses disbelief at the reliance on federal training programs today compared to WWII.

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