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On the recordSeptember 22, 2015
it is not up to the Office of Civil Rights to make a law when the Federal law does not say anything about bullying.
Said by
Lamar Alexander
Republican · Tennessee

Editor's note · Context

Alexander emphasizes the lack of federal law on bullying and criticizes the Office of Civil Rights.

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