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Virginia Foxx: I'm deeply concerned with employers requiring a college degree for work that does not require that level of education…

On the recordApril 27, 2021
I'm deeply concerned with employers requiring a college degree for work that does not require that level of education because it acts as another hurdle preventing people from climbing the socioeconomic ladder.
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Virginia Foxx
Republican · North Carolina

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Foxx expresses concern over unnecessary college degree requirements hindering socioeconomic mobility.

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