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On the recordApril 4, 2017
Your budget would cut $9.2 billion from the Department of Education, a cut of 13.6 percent, taking us back to 2002 levels.
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Nita Lowey
Democratic · New York

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Highlighting significant cuts to the Department of Education.

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