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On the recordJuly 22, 1997
Did the gentleman say that the outstanding Thomas Jefferson School near our colleague from Virginia's district, is already doing all of these things and the Federal Government did not have to mandate it and did not tell them they had to do that?
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William F. Goodling
Pennsylvania

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Questioning the need for federal mandates in education during a discussion.

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