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Lyndon Johnson: “I consider the Higher Education Act—with its companion, the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, which we…”

On the recordNovember 7, 1965
I consider the Higher Education Act—with its companion, the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, which we signed back in the spring of this year—to be the keystones of the great, fabulous 89th Congress.
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Lyndon Johnson
Democratic · Texas

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Remarks at Southwest Texas State College Upon Signing the Higher Education Act of 1965

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