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On the recordJanuary 27, 2014
I think again that there have been lots of good intentions with TRIO programs, and a lot of other government programs that are out there that simply don't meet the good intentions that are set out for them because we don't do a sufficient job of designing metrics and pointing to what works and what doesn't work.
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Virginia Foxx
Republican · North Carolina

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Foxx critiques the lack of effective metrics in government programs.

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