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On the recordJuly 17, 2012
Heavy-handed federal regulations often yield results contradictory to their aim, weighing down States with another layer of burdensome red tape.
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Virginia Foxx
Republican · North Carolina

Editor's note · Context

Foxx criticizes federal regulations that complicate state efforts to manage education costs.

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