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Jahana Hayes: “We made efforts to invest in public education, the likes of…”

Featuring: Jahana Hayes, Democratic | U.S. House, Connecticut, District 5

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Jahana Hayes touts accomplishments as she faces rematch

Published | Video Starts at 02:23

And it's interesting because I've had a very different experience. People always talk about the glacial pace that Congress works at, but I was a part of Congress that delivered transformational legislation. We made efforts to invest in public education, the likes of which we hadn't seen in 50 years. And I was a part of that. Many of the programs Payroll protection, lowering the cost of prescription drugs, the infrastructure bill, were things that we were able to deliver. (02:23–02:31)

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Asserts that Congress made unprecedented investments in public education in the last 50 years.

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