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Virginia Foxx: I don't know who it was who said, 'There are lies, damned lies, and then statistics.'

On the recordMay 20, 2013
I don't know who it was who said, 'There are lies, damned lies, and then statistics.'
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Virginia Foxx
Republican · North Carolina

Editor's note · Context

Foxx expresses skepticism about the use of statistics in education discussions.

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