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Frank Pallone: Clearly, No Child Left Behind is the biggest unfunded mandate that ever existed around this place. The gentlewoman is…

On the recordSeptember 13, 2004
Clearly, No Child Left Behind is the biggest unfunded mandate that ever existed around this place. The gentlewoman is absolutely right. We do not hear anything about that now because they just want to talk about how wonderful the program is. But there is no money for it, not anywhere near what there was supposed to be to fund it.
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Frank Pallone
Democratic · New Jersey

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Discussing the funding issues related to the No Child Left Behind Act.

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