06/03/2015
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"Our public education system is a bedrock of our democratic republic, and I will note that it is not a commodity."
"I represent many rural communities and in most of them the school is the community hub."
"Private school choice programs drain resources from public education."
"Unfortunately, the majority has decided to use our first subcommittee hearing of the 118th Congress not to focus on how we can strengthen public education, but rather to promote school privatization p..."