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Josh Brecheen: “There was a time prior to 1979, we just had to ask enough…”

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 50:13

And so let's, let's return power decision making by block granting education back to the states. It's what we're talking about doing with FEMA. And There was a time prior to 1979, we just had to ask enough teachers that would have the context, former teachers maybe had the context of this where education was free of the federal government dictating from on high what teachers were doing in the classroom. All right, just a reminder to dial star three if you'd like to ask Congressman a question and star six if you'd like to subscribe to our E Newsletter. (50:13–50:28)

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Claims that before 1979, education was free from federal government control.

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