03/16/2015
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"Despite the tight fiscal constraints that were placed on us, I was also pleased to secure a $20,000,000 increase for IDEA grants to States."
"Last year, House Republicans proposed a destructive 80-percent cut to Title I, the cornerstone of our Federal investment in public education."
"Horace Mann called education 'a great equalizer of conditions of men.'"
"I am proud of where we ended up with the 2024 appropriations bill, but there is still unmet need in education."