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Arlen Specter: “How can the Senator from New Jersey make the assertions he has when his own authority says there would have to be…”

On the recordSeptember 9, 2003
How can the Senator from New Jersey make the assertions he has when his own authority says there would have to be "substantial and complex modeling" to determine "the size of that student population and the financial effect on federal aid programs" which "remain[s] largely undetermined"?
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Arlen Specter
Democratic · Pennsylvania

Editor's note · Context

Questioning assertions made by a colleague regarding federal aid programs.

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