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Jasmine Crockett: “The Department of Education, unfortunately, under Secretary…”

Featuring: Jasmine Crockett, Democratic | U.S. House, Texas, District 30

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Published | Video Starts at 34:10

And frankly, they only look out for one class of people because that is more of a state issue. On the federal level. For me, my focus is the Department of Education, kind of, generally speaking, The Department of Education, unfortunately, under Secretary [of Education], she's been instructed to shut it down. So what that means is a couple of things. Number one, it's illegal to shut it down. So what they are trying to do is make it bare boned and minimize its effectiveness. (34:10–34:20)

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