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Patty Murray: If this bill passes as written and we go home, what will happen is next year, beginning in September, those 30,000--it…

On the recordSeptember 28, 1999
If this bill passes as written and we go home, what will happen is next year, beginning in September, those 30,000--it is actually 29,000--teachers who have been hired will no longer be there.
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Patty Murray
Democratic · Washington

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Discussing the potential impact of a bill on teacher employment.

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