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On the recordJune 2, 2015
Why would you adopt a policy of more Federal mandates when it's Federal Medicaid mandates, in my opinion, that have basically caused the higher tuition fees?
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Lamar Alexander
Republican · Tennessee

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Questioning the rationale behind increasing federal mandates affecting higher education funding.

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