Raising teacher salaries to at least 60,000 a year, and ensuring competitive pay for all of our teachers is one of the most important steps we can take to address the teacher shortage in America and to improve the quality of public education in our Country.
Emphasizing the need for higher teacher salaries to improve education quality.
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nearly 70 million adults and nearly 8 million children have no dental insurance.
More than 40 percent of children in America have tooth decay by the time they reach kindergarten.
The situation has become so absurd that 4 hedge fund managers on Wall Street made more money last year than every kindergarten teacher in America.
I thank you for the opportunity to testify before you on behalf of the Academy of General Dentistry.
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