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Carolyn Maloney: “If we really, really want to protect students from the abuses we are addressing here today, Congress obviously cannot…”

On the recordMay 2, 2017
If we really, really want to protect students from the abuses we are addressing here today, Congress obviously cannot abolish the Department of Education, as some of my colleagues have proposed.
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Carolyn Maloney
Democratic · New York

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Maloney defends the Department of Education against proposals for its abolition.

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