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Linda McMahon: “The next phase was to go into place was garnishment. And…”

Featuring: Linda McMahon, Republican | Secretary of the U.S. Department of Education | National

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U.S. Secretary of Education Linda McMahon takes reporters' questions during Rhode Island visit

Published | Video Starts at 12:17

You need to come now under, under the one big beautiful bill. There is a set program for payment. They're not all of these many, many different confusing programs. So we've now collected about $500 million. The next phase was to go into place was garnishment. And that's been, you know, that's been put on pause for a bit. Just one last question now. Just about a month ago here in Rhode island, we experienced a mass shooting at Brown University. Your office announced that you'd be opening investigations into it. (12:17–12:26)

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