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Mark Pocan: “It recommends abolishing the Department of Education.”

Featuring: Mark Pocan, Democratic | U.S. House, Wisconsin, District 2

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Mark Pocan town hall in Green Bay

Published | Video Starts at 46:52

And this is just, trust me, the smallest of samplings in each of these areas. Public education. So, first of all, we said It recommends abolishing the Department of Education. I have served in Congress, my first, from the first term I was there. I was on education and labor committee, and now I serve on appropriations, but on the labor human Services Education subcommittee. (46:52–46:57)

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