Well, certainly, Senator, I do believe that we want to make sure that every child in our country has the opportunity to have equal access to a quality education. And The Department of Education really is not setting economic policy in the country. We should focus on educating our children and we should focus on it at the local level. Let me ask you the this. You mentioned correctly that we have many great teachers in America, right? (02:02–02:07)
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Asserts that the Department of Education does not set economic policy.
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