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Derrick Van Orden: “We've created this self licking ice cream cone with…”

Featuring: Derrick Van Orden, Republican | U.S. House, Wisconsin, District 3

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Rep. Derrick Van Orden Chairs Economic Opportunity Subcommittee Hearing on the VR&E Program

Published | Video Starts at 09:58

And you don't spend a lot of time learning about 13th century French poetry, you know, in the welding shop. But we produce excellent welders. So unfortunately what we've done here is We've created this self licking ice cream cone with increased amounts of educational requirements that both of you, who are the subject matter experts in your field say is not required. And we got to stop doing that. Go ahead. Hey, sir. Yeah, I agree with that. You know, in a lot of our positions in higher ed, we see that X amount of experience in lieu of the academic requirement. (09:58–10:16)

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