Henry Cuellar: “I used to chair the appropriations for public and higher ed.”

“I'm a custom broker, which is involved in trade. I don't practice that anymore because I'm a member of Congress. But when I was a state rep, I was a state rep, and I used to chair the appropriations for public and higher ed. Very different times when we would put so much money into public ed and higher ed. Then I was secretary of State, and then as a Democrat, I was the last Democrat to hold that position.” (05:40–05:45)

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