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Patty Murray: “We cannot play math with this. This is real world.”

On the recordJune 5, 2017
We cannot play math with this. This is real world.
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Patty Murray
Democratic · Washington

Editor's note · Context

Murray asserts the need for accurate budget representation in education funding.

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