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Tom Cole: “A proposed 41 percent increase for the Department of Education in a single year will leave the next generation saddled…”

On the recordApril 14, 2021
A proposed 41 percent increase for the Department of Education in a single year will leave the next generation saddled with the highest national debt our Nation has ever seen.
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Tom Cole
Republican · Oklahoma

Editor's note · Context

Cole expresses concern about the significant increase in education spending impacting future national debt.

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