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Jack Reed: “Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman, and thank you, Mr. Secretary. And certainly you have an extraordinarily challenging…”

On the recordMarch 8, 2011
Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman, and thank you, Mr. Secretary. And certainly you have an extraordinarily challenging job, given the budget pressures. I think you rightly point out the central need to fundamentally reform our education system at the elementary and secondary level, and also support it at the higher education level.
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Jack Reed
Democratic · Rhode Island

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Senator Reed acknowledges the challenges in reforming the education system.

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