08/01/2022
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"Many people suggest that we are in a literacy crisis."
"As chairman on the Armed Services Committee, we are seeing more and more young people disqualify from service because they certainly don't have the skills to pass the basic test."
"Congressman Bobby Scott and I have been working, and are prepared to reintroduce legislation that will provide $130 billion in Federal investment in needs."
"We have approximately, in the United States, about an 85 billion annual shortfall in school facilities investment."