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Pete Sessions: The people we elected in our communities care about our children. We ought to allow them to do their job with the least…

On the recordMarch 8, 1999
The people we elected in our communities care about our children. We ought to allow them to do their job with the least possible headache from Washington. It is arrogant of us to think we know better how to spend the money to educate the children than the people who elected us.
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Pete Sessions
Republican · Texas

Editor's note · Context

Discussing local control over education funding and programs.

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