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Brian Schatz: “I would be pretty shocked if we ratified these quite radical…”

Featuring: Brian Schatz, Democratic | U.S. Senate from Hawaii

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A Conversation With Senator Brian Schatz

Published | Video Starts at 44:49

100 other governments contribute to Fulbright, some more than we do. In fact, I worry about if we pull out, they will, too. Can you help us? I would be pretty shocked if we ratified these quite radical cuts that don't really save, you know, anything that's worth talking about. So the answer is yes, with the caveat that we're in such a weird time that I'm only at an 85% confidence interval for anything that I say. (44:49–44:58)

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