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On the recordFebruary 11, 2019
Washington state was actually--the state supreme court actually ruled that the state was not meeting its constitutional obligation to fund public education way back in 2012, and we finally are correcting that situation and putting more in, but we need Congress to act.
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Pramila Jayapal
Democratic · Washington

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Jayapal emphasizes the need for Congress to support education funding reforms in Washington state.

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