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Bill Lee: “It has been the Federal Government that allowed me to go to school, okay? And so when you say that it is up to the…”

On the recordApril 4, 2017
It has been the Federal Government that allowed me to go to school, okay? And so when you say that it is up to the parents and local communities, even if young people are being discriminated against, that it is the parents and schools, and to take the Federal Government's responsibility out of that is just appalling and sad.
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Bill Lee
Republican · Tennessee

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Lee criticizes the Secretary for shifting responsibility for discrimination to parents and local communities.

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