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Linda McMahon: “We have spent $3 trillion from [1980] until now. And the…”

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

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Secretary of Education Linda McMahon interviewed by Washington Examiner News Editor Marisa Schultz

Published | Video Starts at 47:11

And if we. Look, I'll just take this one side note. We established the Department of Education. It became fully effective in 1980. We have spent $3 trillion from [1980] until now. And the scores of our students have continued to decline. There have been little blips, little plateaus. But in general, the graph is like this. So we spent $3 million. We've established all of this bureaucracy. (47:11–47:21)

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Asserts that $3 trillion has been spent since 1980 with declining student scores.

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