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T. Gorton: They are saying, essentially--and we have heard it on the floor of the Senate in the last hour--that we cannot trust the…

On the recordMay 2, 2000
They are saying, essentially--and we have heard it on the floor of the Senate in the last hour--that we cannot trust the school authorities in any State in the United States of America, or any school district in any one of those States, to make these decisions on their own without guidance from this body acting as a sort of supernational school board.
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T. Gorton
Republican · Washington

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Discussing the role of federal oversight in local school decision-making.

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