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On the recordJune 5, 2017
I think that is important for the public to know, that, today, the Secretary of Education before this committee refused to affirm that she would put forward a program that would ban discrimination based on LGBTQ status of students or would ban discrimination based on religion.
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Jeff Merkley
Democratic · Oregon

Editor's note · Context

Merkley highlights DeVos's refusal to commit to banning discrimination in schools.

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