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On the recordFebruary 8, 2009
Sure, part of this compromise does violence. But I don't -- what's wrong with funding Head Start? And, so, what's wrong with funding higher education?
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Jim Clyburn
Democratic · South Carolina

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Clyburn argues against cuts to education funding in the stimulus package.

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