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John James: “40% of those [education] funds end up getting siphoned off…”

Featuring: John James, Republican | U.S. House, Michigan, District 10

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Rep. John James | The Sage Steele Show

Published | Video Starts at 48:39

Isn't that being done on a federal level to an extent now with the, I mean, the destruction of the Department of education that Linda McMahon is leading? Well, I, I would say it's the construction of education because when you consider that 40% of those [education] funds end up getting siphoned off by belt bandits before it ever makes it to the classroom. that's a part of the fraud, waste and abuse that we are taking away from the American people and saying, we're going to put this back to the states because … (48:39–48:46)

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Asserts that 40% of education funds are siphoned off before reaching classrooms.

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