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Linda McMahon: “When she left office, there was a 4,500 backlog. And now…”

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

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Published | Video Starts at 05:54

Here's what I'm saying. We are bringing back lawyers. We are hiring new lawyers to address this backload with the person who had been so successful before in getting this done. When she left office, there was a 4,500 backlog. And now from the Biden administration, there's 19,000 more. And so we are addressing them for rapid mediation, expanded resolution and multi regional teams that we have now put back in place. (05:54–06:03)

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Asserts that there was a backlog of 4,500 cases when a previous official left office, and an additional 19,000 cases accumulated during the Biden administration.

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