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Frank Pallone: But when we get a budget with a $9.7 billion shortfall from what would be necessary to authorize and carry forth that…

On the recordFebruary 25, 2003
But when we get a budget with a $9.7 billion shortfall from what would be necessary to authorize and carry forth that act, that no-child-left-behind program, it is essentially hypocritical to continue to talk about no child left behind.
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Frank Pallone
Democratic · New Jersey

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Discussing the implications of the No Child Left Behind Act during a debate on education and health care.

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