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Josh Brecheen: “The founders, never, absent a constitutional change, never…”

Featuring: Josh Brecheen, Republican | U.S. House Oklahoma, 2nd Congressional District

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Congressman Brecheen March Telephone Town Hall

Published | Video Starts at 49:33

… have the federal government involved in education in every classroom and involved in provisions for the poor, policing the streets and every other form of government. That's where we're at. The founders, never, absent a constitutional change, never wanted the federal government to take control of education. And so what we're talking about empower school boards and parents and teachers. So many of you talk, if you talk to counselors right now, the curriculum leaders, principals, they'll … (49:33–49:39)

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Asserts that the U.S. founders did not intend for federal control over education without a constitutional amendment.

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